Author: Richard Cobden

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007-11-22

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0199211957

The first of four volumes, this book provides the first critical edition of Richard Cobden's letters, providing a unique insight into the career of one of Britain's leading nineteenth-century politicians. Drawing on material from Britain, Europe, and the United States, the letters are accompanied by notes, and an introduction explaining the unusual history of the letters and re-assessing Cobden's importance in their light.