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Friends until the end : Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the age of revolution / James Grant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, James, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Burke, Edmund.
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Fox, Charles James.
- Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1820.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the age of revolution
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton and Company, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Edmund Burke and Charles Fox made common political cause in 18th-century Britain: they supported the rebellious American colonies, attacked the British slave trade, defended religious liberty and attempted to shield Britain's credit from the crisis-prone East India Company. The two men were an improbable pair. But the hard-drinking, mistress-collecting Fox loved and admired Burke, feelings that the clean-living political philosopher and statesman warmly reciprocated. 'Friends Until the End' traces Burke and Fox's relationship through three key events: the American Revolution; the impeachment of the East India Company's governor-general; and the French Revolution, which ended their political union and shattered their friendship"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- An Irish education
- "A very sensible little boy"
- Burke goes to Parliament
- Wilkes and liberty
- Lord Rockingham's brain and tongue
- An unmanageable creature of the state
- Member for Holland House
- The reluctant prime minister
- Wearing Washington's colors
- Mercy for the slaves and sodomists
- "O God! It is all over!"
- Death of Rockingham
- Fox's India Bill
- The rise and fall of Warren Hastings
- A "prejudged case" before a "bribed tribunal"
- "Their friendship was at an end"
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-459) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780393542103
- 0393542106
- OCLC:
- 1530060502
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000251590
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