Robert Peel
A Biography
$34.40
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2008
Summary
Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern nation. He invented our police force, which became a model for the world. He steered through the Bill which allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament. He reorganised the criminal justice system. Above all he tackled poverty by repealing the Corn Laws. Thanks to Peel the most powerful trading nation chose free trade and opened the door for our globalised world of today.
Peel was not all poli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753823842 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753823845 |
| Author: | Douglas Hurd |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 134mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Douglas Hurd’s fascinating, eminenty readable biography of Peel– Economist
[An] impressive and entertaining biography – John Stevens * THE TIMES *Hurd delivers a vivid and readable portrait of a semi-modern British titan. This biography is elegantly written – Simon Sebag Montefiore * NEW STATESMAN *The author has a good grasp of the period, he has done a great deal of homework, and he has shaped the story magnificently – A. N. Wilson * DAILY MAIL *[A] fascinating, eminently readable biography of Peel * ECONOMIST *This warm, sensible biography of Peel does a fine job of rescuing an important figure from relative obscurity – Dominic Sandbrook * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Intelligent, rich reading with a lovely droll tone – Duncan Fallowell * DAILY EXPRESS *Hurd writes well, and the book has the merit of bringing Peel alive as a human being – Jane Ridley * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *The book is rich in every respect – Mark Stuart * THE SCOTSMAN *
About The Author
Douglas Hurd
Former diplomat, private secretary to Edward Heath (as Ldr of the Opposition and as PM); MP 1974-97. Served Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as Home Secretary and as Foreign Secretary.
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