Robert Peel: A Biography - Softcover
Synopsis
Life of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scene from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.
Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern nation. He invented our police force, which became a model for the world. He steered through the Bill which allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament. He reorganised the criminal justice system. Above all he tackled poverty by repealing the Corn Laws. Thanks to Peel the most powerful trading nation chose free trade and opened the door for our globalised world of today.
Peel was not all politics. He built two great houses, filled them with famous pictures and was devoted to a beautiful wife. Many followers never forgave him for splitting his Party. But when in 1850 he was carried home after a fall from his horse crowds gathered outside, mainly of working people, to read the medical bulletins. When he died a few days later, factories closed, flags flew at half mast and thousands contributed small sums to memorials in his honour. He was the man who provided cheap bread and sacrificed his career for the welfare of ordinary people.
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About the Author
Former diplomat, private secretary to Edward Heath (as Ldr of the Opposition and as PM); MP 1974-97. Served Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as Home Secretary and as Foreign Secretary. As a writer is the (co-)author of many thrillers including IMAGE IN THE WATER, his MEMOIRS in 2003 and other non-fiction titles.
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Hurd delivers a vivid and readable portrait of a semi-modern British titan. This biography is elegantly written―Simon Sebag Montefiore, NEW STATESMAN
[An] impressive and entertaining biography―John Stevens, THE TIMES
[A] fascinating, eminently readable biography of Peel―ECONOMIST
This warm, sensible biography of Peel does a fine job of rescuing an important figure from relative obscurity―Dominic Sandbrook, DAILY TELEGRAPH
The book is rich in every respect―Mark Stuart, THE SCOTSMAN
The author has a good grasp of the period, he has done a great deal of homework, and he has shaped the story magnificently―A. N. Wilson, DAILY MAIL
Intelligent, rich reading with a lovely droll tone―Duncan Fallowell, DAILY EXPRESS
Hurd writes well, and the book has the merit of bringing Peel alive as a human being―Jane Ridley, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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- PublisherPhoenix
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0753823845
- ISBN 13 9780753823842
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages440
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