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Author:

Harris, Robin, 1952- author.

Title:

The Conservatives : a history / Robin Harris.

Publisher:

Corgi Books,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

631 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Conservative Party (Great Britain)--History.
Great Britain--Politics and government.

Notes:

Originally published: London: Bantam, 2011. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Tory beginnings -- Peel's Party -- Derby's Party -- Disraeli's Party, I- Leader of the Opposition -- Disraeli's Party, II- In Power -- Salisbury's Party, I- Achieving Dominance -- Salisbury's Party, II- Dominance and Decline -- The Precipice -- 1922 -- Baldwin's Party -- The Appeasement Party -- Churchill's Party, I- War -- Churchill's Party, II- Peace -- Suez -- Macmillan's Party -- Heath's Party -- Thatcher's Party -- Cameron's Party.

Summary:

Robin Harris, Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter, has written this authoritative but lively history book which tells the story of the Conservative Party in one volume. Taking as his starting point the Party's leaders and Prime Ministers, it analyses themes and issues which have dominated Conservative politics over the years.

ISBN:

055217033X (pbk.)
9780552170338 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)853505877

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)