The rage of party : how Whig versus Tory made modern Britain
Owers, George2025
Book
From vicious pamphlet wars and some of history's most corrupt and riotous elections through a revolution, multiple assassination attempts and enough scandals to make even the most louche modern politician blush, this brilliantly researched book shows how a motley crew of rakes, hypocrites, cunning tricksters and scheming clergymen engaged in not only in a political confrontation that threatened a second civil war, but a culture war that still finds echoes in 21st-century Britain.
Main title:
The rage of party : how Whig versus Tory made modern Britain / George Owers.
Author:
Owers, George, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, [2025]©2025
Collation:
566 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408719091 (hbk)
Dewey class:
320.941
Language:
English
Subject:
Whig Party (Great Britain)Political parties -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Politics and governmentChurch and state -- Great Britain -- HistoryGreat Britain -- CivilizationPolitics and GovernmentUnited Kingdom, Great BritainBiography: historical, political & militaryEuropean historyReligion & politicsPolitics & government
BRN:
1753346