Chief Whip / Chilston, Eric Alexander Akers-Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akers-Douglas, Chilston, Eric Alexander, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chilston, Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st viscount, 1851-1926.

Chilston, Aretas Akers-Douglas.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1910.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Out of the intimate and informal correspondence received in these capacities Lord Chilston has made an entertaining political biography, unravelling a most complex period of parliamentary history and revealing much about Lord Salisbury, Lord Randolph Churchill, Joseph Chamberlain, A.J. Balfour and lesser figures.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; I: THE SPELL OF DISRAELI; II: LORD RANDOLPH RAMPS : AKERS-DOUGLAS ARRIVES; III: 'POLITICS ARE IRELAND'; IV: THE UNIONIST ALLIANCE; V: THE CLIMAX OF CHURCHILL; VI: RECONSTRUCTION AND ATTACK; VII: CRITICS AND MALCONTENTS; VIII: CHURCHILL'S FINAL FLINGS; IX: TORY ATTITUDES TO REFORM; X: THE STRICKEN LEADER; XI: CLOSE OF A CHAPTER; XII: A DYING PARLIAMENT; XIII: IN OPPOSITION; XIV: THE ALLIANCE IN THE BALANCE; XV: 'ÉMINENCE GRISE'; XVI: ARMY EDUCATION AND HOME OFFICE; XVII: THE CABINET CRISIS OF 1903; XVIII: THE TARIFF REFORM IMBROGLIO; XIX: LAST BATTLES.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017)

ISBN:

1-4426-5465-1

1-4426-5274-8

OCLC:

992507728