The Whig world : 1760-1837 / Leslie Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, L. G. (Leslie George)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whig Party (Great Britain).

Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.

Great Britain.

Intellectual life.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Hambledon and London, 2005.

Summary:

The Whigs were one of the two great English political parties in the 150 years after 1700, far more often in office than their arch-rivals the Tories. With members such as Charles James Fox, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Lord Byron, its gambling, loose-living, drinking and wit were notorious. This book paints a portrait, of which politics forms only a small part, of an extraordinary group of men and women whose power, taste and intellect dominated the centre of what had become the greatest power in the world. Cosmopolitan, urban, sophisticated, sceptical and promiscuous, the Whigs numbered far more brilliant conversationalists and controversialists amongst their number than the Bloomsbury Group.

Contents:

1 The Whigs 1

2 Circles of Acquaintance 15

3 London 39

4 The Country 59

5 The French Connection 77

6 The March of Mind 99

7 Unbelievers 117

8 History and Politics 135

9 Enemies 157

10 Disappearance 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.

ISBN:

1852854561

OCLC:

58556084