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Antonia Fraser's Perilous Question is a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in Britain's history leading up to the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832, a narrative which at times reads like a political thriller.
The era, beginning with the accession of William IV, is evoked in the novels of Trollope and Thackeray, and described by the young Charles Dickens as a cub reporter. It is lit...
About the Author
Antonia Fraser has written several historical biographies which have been international bestsellers, since Mary, Queen of Scots published in 1969. These include Marie Antoinette, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Cromwell. Other historical works include The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth Century England, and Faith and Treason: the Gunpowder Plot. Antonia Fraser was president of English Pen, the world-wide writers' organization for free speech, and...
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The New Yorker
Fraser writes energetically about the political wrangling, finding both humor and humanity in the struggle.”
Total Politics (UK)
"Perilous Question is a cracking good read and should be on every parliamentarian's summer reading list."
Kirkus Reviews
Engaging, elaborate and elegantly wrought.”
Evening Standard
A spirited attempt to bring the controversy and passion of the era to a new audience. Her prose is charming and fluent. She shows she has lost...
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- PublisherPublicAffairs
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1610393783
- ISBN 13 9781610393782
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages352
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