by Bob Harris (2002)
In this study of British politics and political culture in the 18th-century the author reconstructs a political world in which vital issues continued to exercise the minds and emotions of the contemporary political nation.
John Charmley
Princess Dorothea Lieven was wife to the Russian ambassador in London from 1812 to 1840. As a woman, she was debarred from having any formal power in the world of European diplomacy. But as a Baltic Russian, brought up under the harsh regime of Catherine the Great, Dorothea Lieven was not meant to be the power behind any man: it was centre stage she craved.
Michael Burgan
Examines the political situation in America at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies and describes how the Declaration of Independence was written and accepted.
introd. A. J. P. Taylor
"David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM PC (17 January 1863 ? 26 March 1945), was a British Liberal politician and statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led a Wartime Coalition Government between 1916 and 1922 and was the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1926 to 1931."--Wikipedia.
Susan Hutson and David Clapham
The last two decades have seen a marked increase in homelessness in Britain. This book provides an important contribution to the policy debate on homelessness, while pointing the way forward in terms of academic research.