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Unrepentant Tory - Political Selections from the Diaries of the Fourth Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1827-38 (Hardcover)
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Unrepentant Tory - Political Selections from the Diaries of the Fourth Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1827-38 (Hardcover)
Series: Parliamentary History Record Series
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Nineteenth-century diaries cast new light on politics of the time.
The diaries of the fourth duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne [1785-1851]
provide an unrivalled insight into the politics of the 'age of
reform', during the late-1820s and 1830s, from the perspective of a
prominent political critic. Newcastle was a well known defender of
the constitutional status quo and used his position in the house of
lords, his family's historic electoral influence and personal
contacts with the leading royal and political figures of the dayto
argue the case against change. He was also a leading participant in
ultra-tory parliamentary groups such as the 'king's friends' and
the 'country party'. His diaries offer not just invaluable detail
on these activities, but also a vivid personal testimony of
Newcastle's political creed, and cast important light on the hopes,
fears and strategies of those who resisted 'the triumph of reform'
during these years. This edition reproduces the politicalcontent of
the diaries and Newcastle's published letters to the press for the
period 1827-38; it is accompanied with an extensive introduction
placing the diaries in their historical context, and other
apparatus.
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