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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825996103321

Autore

Hawkins Angus

Titolo

The forgotten prime minister : the 14th Earl of Derby / / Angus Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007-

ISBN

1-281-14874-1

9786611148744

0-19-152541-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 p.)

Disciplina

941.081092

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Soggetti

Prime ministers - Great Britain

Statesmen - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

v. 1. Ascent : 1799-1851

Sommario/riassunto

The first ever full biographical study of Lord Derby - the first British statesman to become prime minister three times and the longest serving leader in the history of British party politics. A book that is likely to seriously affect the way we think not only about Derby himself, but also about Victorian politics and society more generally. - ;Lord Derby was the first British statesman to become prime minister three times. He remains the longest serving party leader in modern British politics, heading the Conservative party for twenty-two years from 1846 to 1868. He abolished slavery in the B