Reform! The Fight for the 1832 Reform Act by EdwardPearce Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2003 by Jonathan Cape 2003-11-06 Import ISBN-13: 978-0-224-06199-5, ISBN: 0-224-06199-2
"England’s majestic Northwest, land of rain-washed skies, dark forests and brooding, windswept hills. Famous too for its industrial blight and brutal persecutions; a realm where skulls scream and witches wail, gallows creak and grave-robbers prowl the long, black nights …The hideous scarecrows of LuneThe heathen rite at KnowsleyThe revenge killings in PrestonThe elegant ghost of CombermereThe berserk boggart of MostonThe malformed brute ..."
The Golden Talking-Shop The Oxford Union Debates Empire, World War, Revolution, and Women (Paperback) by EdwardPearce Paperback, Published 2018 by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-19-871724-9, ISBN: 0-19-871724-5
The Golden Talking-Shop(1st Edition) The Oxford Union Debates Empire, World War, Revolution, and Women (Hardback) by EdwardPearce Hardcover, 688 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-871723-2, ISBN: 0-19-871723-7
"In the late 1890s, Britain was basking in the high noon of empire, albeit with the sobering experience of the Boer War just around the corner. By 1956, the year of the Suez debacle and less than a lifetime later, the age of empire was drawing rapidly to a close and Britain's position as an independent great power was over. In between, the country had experienced two devastating world wars. India - the jewel in her imperial crown - had g ..."
Pitt the Elder Man of War by EdwardPearce Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-84595-143-6, ISBN: 1-84595-143-3
"This remarkable book opens at the dawn of the British Empire - with the great sea battle at Quiberon Bay where French ships, intended for the 1759 invasion of Britain, are chased, caught and defeated by a fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. In this momentous victory Britain effectively settled the outcome of the Seven Years' War and established itself as the world's dominant imperial power. At the heart of the conflict with Fra ..."
Pitt the Elder(1st Edition) Man of War by EdwardPearce Hardcover, 372 Pages, Published 2010 by Random House Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-84792-011-9, ISBN: 1-84792-011-X
"This remarkable book opens at the dawn of the British Empire—with the great sea battle at Quiberon Bay where French ships, intended for the 1759 invasion of Britain, are chased, caught, and defeated by a fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. In this momentous victory Britain effectively settled the outcome of the Seven Years War and established itself as the world's dominant imperial power. At the heart of the conflict with Franc ..."
The Great Man(Reprint) Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister by EdwardPearce Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2008 by Pimlico International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-84413-405-2, ISBN: 1-84413-405-9
"Robert Walpole, once imprisoned for financial chicanery, assumes political control and becomes 'Prime Minister'. He 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."
The Great Man(1st Edition) Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister by EdwardPearce Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2007 by Random House Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-224-07181-9, ISBN: 0-224-07181-5
"The year 1721 has many splendors, but there are also 13 public hanging days a year, drunkenness is endemic, and organized crime rampages through the streets. Only a generation earlier James II, suspected of conspiring to enforce Roman Catholicism and subordinate England to France, was driven out by the Whigs. In 1715 his son, the Pretender, failed to take the Crown by armed force. The new King, George I, an intelligent, moderate man, is ..."
"It might sound like the stuff of dull schoolbooks, but this is a vivid and dramatic account of the grueling parliamentary struggle to pass a radical reform act in Britain at a time of extreme political frustration and social unrest."
Denis Healey by EdwardPearce Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2002 by Little, Brown Book Group ISBN-13: 978-0-316-85894-6, ISBN: 0-316-85894-3
"As Chancellor in 1974-1979, Denis Healey met Britain's second greatest financial crisis of the century, faced a crashing currency and a visitation of the IMF, and brought the country through with a strengthened currency. Inside the Labour Party, he fought Tony Benn—nominally for the deputy leadership, actually for the party's survival as a national force. In this biography, Edward Pearce argues that Healey, a man of intellect and great ..."