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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Charles James Fox
- Publication Date
- 1992-07-09
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN
- 9780198201045
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198201044
ISBN-13
9780198201045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1279078
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
350 Pages
Publication Name
Charles James Fox
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Subject
Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
27.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
91-034439
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'For two decades no biography appeared of Charles James Fox ... This latest, by the Oxford historian Leslie Mitchell, is so good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more. Mr Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of apersonality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox.'Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph, 'L.G. Mitchell, one of Oxford's brightest young historians, has writtenthe definitive and (because he likes his subject so much) certainly the mostpenetrating biography someone so unfathomable has inspired. ... Mitchell wiselyrefuses to smooth a career full of ambiguities and hesitations into a tale ofundeviating consistency. He traces its fluctuations with great subtlety. Theresult, quite simply, is one of this year's best books, a brilliantly readableachievement.'Financial Times (no name given), 'Leslie Mitchell's new book is undoubtedly the best account of Fox's career to be written thus far - scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailingly humane.'Times Literary Supplement, "A distinguished biography of Charles James Fox, easily the best to date. His first two chapters, on Fox's career to 1782, are brilliant and gracefully written essays....A fine work and most welcome."-- American Historical Review "Mitchell...has crafted a biographical gem....A work of remarkable compression and lucidity....Scholars and general readers alike will welcome Mitchell's excellent biography."-- The Historian "Undoubtedly the best account of Fox's career to be written so far--scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailingly humane."-- Times Literary Supplement "It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does not only tell the life story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeed to appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years now has gathered around his name."-- The Sunday Times (London) "So good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more [biographies]....Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox."-- Sunday Telegraph, 'so good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more. ...Mr Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox'Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph, 'It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does notonly tell the life-story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeedto appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years has gathered around his name... this meticulous but by no means austere biography ... One of the strengthsof this book lies in the way it looks at the private man just as much as thepublic one.'Anthony Howard, Sunday Times, "A distinguished biography of Charles James Fox, easily the best to date. His first two chapters, on Fox's career to 1782, are brilliant and gracefully written essays....A fine work and most welcome."--American Historical Review "Mitchell...has crafted a biographical gem....A work of remarkable compression and lucidity....Scholars and general readers alike will welcome Mitchell's excellent biography."--The Historian "Undoubtedly the best account of Fox's career to be written so far--scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailingly humane."--Times Literary Supplement "It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does not only tell the life story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeed to appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years now has gathered around his name."--The Sunday Times (London) "So good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more [biographies]....Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox."--Sunday Telegraph "Mitchell, one of Oxford's brightest young historians, has written the definitive and...certainly the most penetrating biography someone so unfathomable has inspired....One of the year's best books, a brilliantly readable achievement."--Financial Times "There have been at least eight relatively short biographies of Fox written this century; many of them...quite good. L.G. Mitchell...has written the best of them."--Albion, "A distinguished biography of Charles James Fox, easily the best to date. His first two chapters, on Fox's career to 1782, are brilliant and gracefully written essays....A fine work and most welcome."--American Historical Review "Mitchell...has crafted a biographical gem....A work of remarkable compression and lucidity....Scholars and general readers alike will welcome Mitchell's excellent biography."--The Historian "Undoubtedly the best account of Fox's career to be written so far--scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailingly humane."--Times Literary Supplement "It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does not only tell the life story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeed to appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years now has gathered around his name."--The Sunday Times (London) "So good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more [biographies]....Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox."--Sunday Telegraph, "A distinguished biography of Charles James Fox, easily the best to date. His first two chapters, on Fox's career to 1782, are brilliant and gracefully written essays....A fine work and most welcome."--American Historical Review"Mitchell...has crafted a biographical gem....A work of remarkable compression and lucidity....Scholars and general readers alike will welcome Mitchell's excellent biography."--The Historian"Undoubtedly the best account of Fox's career to be written so far--scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailingly humane."--Times Literary Supplement"It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does not only tell the life story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeed to appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years now has gathered around his name."--The Sunday Times (London)"So good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more [biographies]....Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox."--Sunday Telegraph"Mitchell, one of Oxford's brightest young historians, has written the definitive and...certainly the most penetrating biography someone so unfathomable has inspired....One of the year's best books, a brilliantly readable achievement."--Financial Times"There have been at least eight relatively short biographies of Fox written this century; many of them...quite good. L.G. Mitchell...has written the best of them."--Albion, 'so good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'llneed any more. ...Mr Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it ispossible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox'Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph, 'a full, scholarly biography, rich in detail and authoritative in appraisal ... This exhaustively researched book tells the story excellently.'The Spectator, 'It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does not only tell the life-story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeed to appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years has gathered around his name ... this meticulous but by no means austere biography ... Oneof the strengths of this book lies in the way it looks at the private man just as much as the public one.'Anthony Howard, Sunday Times, 'a highly readable book...'John Biffen, The Times'L.G. Mitchell, one of Oxford's brightest young historians, has written the definitive and (because he likes his subject so much) certainly the most penetrating biography someone so unfathomable has inspired. ... Mitchell wisely refuses to smooth a career full of ambiguities and hesitations into a tale of undeviating consistency. He traces its fluctuations with great subtlety. The result, quite simply, is one of this year's best books, a brilliantlyreadable achievement.'Financial Times (no name given)'It is greatly to the credit of the author of this book that he does not only tell the life-story of his subject, but also seeks to explain, and indeed to appraise, the legend that for almost 200 years has gathered around his name ... this meticulous but by no means austere biography ... One of the strengths of this book lies in the way it looks at the private man just as much as the public one.'Anthony Howard, Sunday Times'so good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more. ...Mr Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox'Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph'a full, scholarly biography, rich in detail and authoritative in appraisal ... This exhaustively researched book tells the story excellently.'The Spectator'For two decades no biography appeared of Charles James Fox ... This latest, by the Oxford historian Leslie Mitchell, is so good that we can now quite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more. Mr Mitchell has produced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personality as huge and diverse as Charles James Fox.'Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph'Leslie Mitchell's new book is undoubtedly the best account of Fox's career to be written thus far - scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailingly humane.'Times Literary Supplement'His analysis of Fox's actual stance, as opposed to his later reputation, in relation to the great liberal causes of religious toleration, abolition of slavery, and Parliamentary Reform is careful and clear.'London Review of Books'readable and sympathetic biography'Shaun Spiers, Tribune'readable and sympathetic biography'Tribune'Most tellingly of all, Mitchell's examination of Fox's views on the French Revolution reveals a man unable to grasp the novelty of what was happening. Mitchell's careful demarcation between what Fox thought and what the radicals he sometimes threw up with thought is highly necessary.'Francis Spufford, The Guardian'a fine biography'Richard W. Davis, Washington University, Parliamentary History, Vol. 12, Pt 2 (1993)'L.G. Mitchell, author of important studies of Foxite politics and Whig society, has crafted a biographical gem from his exhaustive search of primary sources. A work of remarkable compression and lucidity, it is meticulously footnoted and contains an extensive bibliography and some illustrations. Scholars and general readers alike will welcome Mitchell's excellent biography.'William C. Wilbur, Eckerd College, The Historian, Vol. 55, No. 4, Summer '93'a scholarly production, thick with footnote references to sources ... Well constructed and beautifully written ... in a class above other biographies of Fox.'P.D.G. Thomas, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies'This is a comprehensively researched life of Fox, written with immense sympathy and verve, and illuminated by telling quotations and a congenially succinct prose style. Dr Mitchell shows great insight into Fox's character. This is a well-rounded portrait of Fox, free from false sentiment, and expressive of an affection for Fox which does not ignore his failings.'John Derry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, History, No. 256, June 1994, 'His analysis of Fox's actual stance, as opposed to his later reputation,in relation to the great liberal causes of religious toleration, abolition ofslavery, and Parliamentary Reform is careful and clear.'London Review of Books, 'His analysis of Fox's actual stance, as opposed to his later reputation, in relation to the great liberal causes of religious toleration, abolition of slavery, and Parliamentary Reform is careful and clear.'London Review of Books, 'Leslie Mitchell's new book is undoubtedly the best account of Fox'scareer to be written thus far - scholarly, lucid, perceptive and unfailinglyhumane.'Times Literary Supplement, 'a full, scholarly biography, rich in detail and authoritative inappraisal ... This exhaustively researched book tells the story excellently.'The Spectator, 'For two decades no biography appeared of Charles James Fox ... Thislatest, by the Oxford historian Leslie Mitchell, is so good that we can nowquite happily wait another 20 years before we'll need any more. Mr Mitchell hasproduced as definitive a biography as it is possible to write of a personalityas huge and diverse as Charles James Fox.'Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph, 'L.G. Mitchell, one of Oxford's brightest young historians, has written the definitive and (because he likes his subject so much) certainly the most penetrating biography someone so unfathomable has inspired. ... Mitchell wisely refuses to smooth a career full of ambiguities and hesitationsinto a tale of undeviating consistency. He traces its fluctuations with great subtlety. The result, quite simply, is one of this year's best books, a brilliantly readable achievement.'Financial Times (no name given)
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
941.0731
Synopsis
Fox was one of the most colourful figures in 18th-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life, he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of the period, dominating the Whig Party and polite society. L. G. Mitchell reveals the nature of the man and his mind, and sets him firmly within the political and social context of his day., Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful figures in eighteenth-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life, he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of his generation, dominating the Whig party and polite society. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke, his views on the major issues of the day - the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, parliamentary reform -formed the character of Whiggery in his own time and for years to come.Fox's historical reputation has been hotly disputed. Some have hailed him as one of the founding fathers ofRadicalism, others have dismissed him as an irritating and irresponsible impediment to the statesmanship of Pitt. L. G. Mitchell's scholarly biography shows that in many ways Fox was a politician through circumstance, not inclination. Dr Mitchell analyses the ties of kinship and friendship which to an astonishing degree dictated Fox's politics, and offers striking new assessments of Whiggery and its most potent personality. This penetrating and readable study reveals the man and his mind,and sets Fox firmly within the political and social context of the late eighteenth century., Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful figures in eighteenth-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life, he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of his generation, dominating the Whig party and polite society. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke, his views on the major issues of the day - the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, parliamentary reform - formed the character of Whiggery in his own time and for years to come.Fox's historical reputation has been hotly disputed. Some have hailed him as one of the founding fathers of Radicalism, others have dismissed him as an irritating and irresponsible impediment to the statesmanship of Pitt. L. G. Mitchell's scholarly biography shows that in many ways Fox was a politician through circumstance, not inclination. Dr Mitchell analyses the ties of kinship and friendship which to an astonishing degree dictated Fox's politics, and offers striking new assessments of Whiggery and its most potent personality. This penetrating and readable study reveals the man and his mind, and sets Fox firmly within the political and social context of the late eighteenth century., Charles James Fox was one of the most colorful figures in eighteenth-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life, he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of his generation, dominating the Whig party and polite society. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke, his views on the major issues of the day--the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, parliamentary reform--formed the character of Whiggery in his own time and for years to come. Fox's historical reputation has been hotly disputed. Some have hailed him as one of the founding fathers of Radicalism, others have dismissed him as an irritating and irresponsible impediment to the statesmanship of Pitt. Mitchell's scholarly biography shows that in many ways Fox was a politician through circumstance, not kinship and friendship which to an astonishing degree dictated Fox's politics, and offers striking new assessments of Whiggery and its most potent personality. This penetrating and readable study reveals the man and his mind, and sets Fox firmly within the political and social context of the late eighteenth century.
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DA506.F7M54 1992
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