The forgotten prime minister [[electronic resource] ] : the 14th Earl of Derby . Volume II Achievements: 1851-1869 / / Angus Hawkins

• Autore: Hawkins Angus
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (546 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.081092
• Soggetto topico: Prime ministers - Great Britain; Statesmen - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; GENEALOGICAL TABLES; 1. Derby's First Premiership: 1852; 2. 'Killing with Kindness': 1852-1855; 3. War and Peace: 1855-1858; 4. Derby's Second Premiership: 1858-1859; 5. Watching and Waiting: 1859-1866; 6. Derby's Third Premiership: 1866-1868; 7. Recession and Reputation: 1868-1869; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: The first 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 will 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 British Empire
• Altri titoli varianti: 14th Earl of Derby; Fourteenth Earl of Derby
• Titolo autorizzato: The forgotten prime minister
• ISBN: 0-19-960514-9; 9786611825461; 1-281-82546-8; 0-19-154807-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814431203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II