Lord Grey 1764-1845 - Softcover

Smith, E. A.

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ISBN 10: 0750911271 ISBN 13: 9780750911276

Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd., 1997

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'the standard authority on a statesman who deservedly ranks as one of the architects of Victorian Britain' -- Professor Norman Gash, Parliamentary History

Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, pioneer of the Great Reform Act, is one of the more famous prime ministers of the nineteenth century. This perceptive study has been generally acclaimed as 'a well written and sensitive life of a remarkable man' (Lord Blake, The Spectator).

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'Smith has written an extraordinary account of Grey's political life and the principles for which he stood.' Nancy D. LoPatin, University of Wisconsin, Victorian Studies 'in E.A. Smith's new study he is more accurately presented as a profoundly conservative figure who shared much of Wellington's outlook.' Neville Thompson, Newsletter of the Victorian Studies, Association of Ontario, No. 48, Fall 1991 'Dr Smith's excellent biography is much to be welcomed and will be widely-read.' A.j. Heesom, Durham University Journal `careful and scholarly ... Dr Smith offers a lifetime's reflection on a figure of central importance to the early nineteenth century and merits the gratitude of scholars for his contribution.' History 'Dr Smith does not deal in haloes. In this fine book he has dispersed the haze and added greatly to our knowledge.' London Review of Books `In this fine book he has dispersed the haze and added greatly to our knowledge.' London Review of Books 'scholarly biography, written with much care' Jonathan Clark, The Times 'a well written and sensitive life of a remarkable man' Robert Blake, The Spectator 'excellent and scholarly biography' Times Higher Education Supplement 'lucid and scholarly' Observer `This new life of Grey is a most welcome addition to nineteenth-century historiography and will become for the foreseeable future the standard authority on a statesman who deservedly ranks as one of the architects of Victorian Britain.' Parliamentary History `There has been no greater or more obvious gap in the historiography of Georgian politics. That that gap has now been filled by a sober and scholarly book is something for which thanks should be offered. It will be the researcher's reference point for a generation.' EHR Oct 1993

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