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The Great Man: Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister by Edward Pearce (Paperback, 2008)
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The most comprehensive biography of Britain's first - and longest-serving - Prime Minister. The year 1721 has many splendours- great houses built by William Kent, fine pictures and the fruits of commerce. But there are also thirteen public hanging days a year, drunkenness is endemic, organised crime rampages through the streets. And politics are ferocious. Only a generation earlier, The Pretender failed to take the Crown; the new King is cursed as a damned foreigner; James's followers - the Jacobites - conspire and are persecuted; the South Sea Bubble collapses.Robert Walpole, once imprisoned for financial chicanery, assumes political control and becomes 'Prime Minister'. He personally detects a Jacobite plot, is dismissed in 1727 on the death of George I, recruits the new King's clever wife, Caroline, and bounces cheerfully back. Coarse, corrupt and cynical, Walpole dominates King, Parliament and Government until 1742. This is Mr Worldywiseman, keeping England out of war for twenty years and setting up a stable and growing economy. All politics of a kind we can recognise today begin with Robert Walpole. And here, in Edward Pearce's elegant book, he is brought vividly back to life.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781844134052
eBay Product ID (ePID)87908981
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Number of Pages496 Pages
Publication NameThe Great Man: Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitics, History
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorEdward Pearce
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height232 mm
Item Weight660 g
Item Width153 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorEdward Pearce
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- 06 Oct, 2021
Walpole
I am finding the book very interesting, I wanted to know what a scoundrel Walpole really was! It is well written, I am no scholar but can enjoy it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
