THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY FROM PEEL TO MAJOR by Robert Blake ( 9780571287604 )

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THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY FROM PEEL TO MAJOR

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ISBN 10:

0571287603

ISBN 13:

9780571287604

Publisher:

FABER & FABER

Pub. date:

2 February, 2012

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Suitable for those interested in British political and social history, or even in the English character, this title presents the history of the Conservative Party.

Synopsis:

There was no more appropriate person to write this book. Robert Blake was the doyen of Tory historians being most famous for his unsurpassed biography of Disraeli (to be reissued in Faber Finds). His history of the Conservative Party was first published in 1970. It then went as far as Churchill. A subsequent edition took it up to Thatcher and the final edition, the one being reissued by Faber Finds, to Major. For the span it covers, it remains the definitive one-volume history. "His consummate insight into the whole of the political scene, and his power to communicate the enjoyment of it, makes this exciting reading for anyone remotely interested in British political and social history, or even in the English character". ("Sunday Times"). "This book is full of insights and enriched throughout by sparkling commentary". ("Evening Standard"). "An up-to-date history of the Party was wanted. Mr Blake supplies it with lucidity, scholarship and serene worldliness". ("Guardian").

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