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Sir Robert Walpole: The Making of a Statesman

J.H. Plumb

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Description:A re-assessment of Sir Robert Walpole's life and work has long been needed. Dr. Plumb's biography is the first fully documented study since Archdeacon Coxe's Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole which appeared more than an a century and a half ago.In the interval much new manuscript material has become available which has radically altered our knowledge and understanding of the turbulent and exciting politics of the Augustan age. Among these sources are the Walpole papers in the possession of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, which Dr. Plumb has been able to use without restriction and to great advantage in dealing with Walpole's early career.This is the subject of the first volume, which begins with Walpole's entrance into politics as a debt-encumbered Norfolk squire and ends with his emergence from the South Sea Bubble as the King's first minister and as one of the richest as well as most powerful men in the land. Dr. Plumb presents him against the background of his age with his virtues as well as his vices brilliantly demonstrated in action, his achievements and shortcomings in the great struggle for power analyzed with remarkable insight and judgment, and many misconceptions removed.It is in every respect an outstanding character study of the man who dominated the political scene of the first half of the eighteenth century; alike in its scholarship and its realism it is by far he most authoritative that has yet been written.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sir Robert Walpole: The Making of a Statesman. To get started finding Sir Robert Walpole: The Making of a Statesman, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 407

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Augustus M. Kelley

Release: 1973

ISBN: 0678035512

Description: A re-assessment of Sir Robert Walpole's life and work has long been needed. Dr. Plumb's biography is the first fully documented study since Archdeacon Coxe's Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole which appeared more than an a century and a half ago.In the interval much new manuscript material has become available which has radically altered our knowledge and understanding of the turbulent and exciting politics of the Augustan age. Among these sources are the Walpole papers in the possession of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, which Dr. Plumb has been able to use without restriction and to great advantage in dealing with Walpole's early career.This is the subject of the first volume, which begins with Walpole's entrance into politics as a debt-encumbered Norfolk squire and ends with his emergence from the South Sea Bubble as the King's first minister and as one of the richest as well as most powerful men in the land. Dr. Plumb presents him against the background of his age with his virtues as well as his vices brilliantly demonstrated in action, his achievements and shortcomings in the great struggle for power analyzed with remarkable insight and judgment, and many misconceptions removed.It is in every respect an outstanding character study of the man who dominated the political scene of the first half of the eighteenth century; alike in its scholarship and its realism it is by far he most authoritative that has yet been written.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sir Robert Walpole: The Making of a Statesman. To get started finding Sir Robert Walpole: The Making of a Statesman, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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