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Sir Robert Peel
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ISBN: 1134225237 1280480815 9786610480814 0203018745 9780203018743 0415366151 041536616X 9780415366151 9780415366168 9781134225231 9781280480812 6610480818 9781134225187 9781134225224 0559885008 9780559885006 Year: 2006 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Sir Robert Peel provides an accessible and concise introduction to the life and career of one of the most political leaders of the nineteenth century. Perhaps best known for seeing through the Repeal of the Corn Laws, Peel had an enormous impact on political life of his age and beyond. Eric J. Evans reassesses Peel's career, arguing that although Peel's executive and administrative strengths were great, his arrogance, lack of empathy with the development of political parties and his inflexible commitment to economic liberalism presented political problems which he was incapable of

Political parties in Britain, 1783-1867
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ISBN: 1135835616 1282324993 9786612324994 020312958X 9780203129586 041637400X 9780416374001 9781135835569 113583556X 9781135835606 1135835608 9781135835613 9781138408159 9781282324992 6612324996 Year: 1985 Publisher: London New York Methuen

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The theme of Professor Evans' book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments from the eighteenth century. Many periods and topics are dealt with in this comprehensive book.

William Pitt the Younger
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ISBN: 1134786778 1280058366 0585449171 0203435729 9780203435724 9780585449173 9780415132855 0415132851 0415132851 9781134786725 9781134786763 9781134786770 9781138138056 113478676X Year: 1999 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Providing a complete historical background to Pitt's career, Eric Evans re-examines his policies and achievements in the light of recent research, and offers fresh insight on established stereotypes.

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