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British politics in the age of Anne / Geoffrey Holmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, Geoffrey S., 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (623 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ronceverte, WV : Hambledon Press, 1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""British Politics in the Age of Anne ""is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introduction to this edition. Geoffrey Holmes reveals how little the structure and contents of politics under Queen Anne had in common with the connexion-ridden scene of the mid-eighteenth century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many levels wa
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The character of politics
- pt. 2. The working of politics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-518) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612024382
- 9781282024380
- 1282024388
- 9780826434074
- 082643407X
- OCLC:
- 317152618
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