A strong supporting cast : the Shaw Lefevres 1789-1936 / / F.M.G. Willson

• Autore: Willson F. M. G
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.070922
• Soggetto topico: Politicians - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Biography
• Note generali: "First published in 1993 by The Athlone Press."
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Family Trees and Illustrations; Forword; Introduction; I Shaws; II Lefevres into Shaw Lefevres; III Into Politics; IV Enter Three Sons; V Families, 1823-1834; VI Brothers for Reform; VII To the Speaker's Chair; VIII From Poor Law to Free Trade; IX 'La Reyne Le Veult'; X Omnibus Commissioner; XI Families, 1835-1860; XII Young Radical George; XIII Jane and Rachael; XIV Journeyman Years; XV Last Acts of Three Brothers; XVI The First Man after Adam; XVII Frustration and Recovery, 1885-1886 ; XVIII The Governor's LadyXIX Madeleine and Somerville Hall; XX The Bradford Years; XXI Kingsworthy and Eversley; XXII Requiescant; Appendix I: A North Sea Voyage in 1862; Appendix II: Published Works of George John Shaw Lefevre, Baron Eversley; Sources; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power and influence from the late 18th to the early 20th century.
• Titolo autorizzato: A strong supporting cast
• ISBN: 1-4742-4137-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813401503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections