Author: D. A. WINSTANLEY

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780484731928

Excerpt from Lord Chatham and the Whig Opposition A contest so momentous can hardly be without interest; and, therefore, an attempt has been made to give both a record and an explanation of the failure of the Whigs. For this purpose it. Has been necessary to concentrate the attention almost exclusively upon domestic politics, and to omit much well deserving of close consideration. Colonial history and foreign policy have been but very briefly touched upon and if an exception has been made in the case of the dispute with Spain over the Falkland Islands, this can be justi fied by the influence which those negotiations exercised upon the parliamentary conflict. Such omissions, how ever serious they might be in a work claiming to be a history of the period, may perhaps be pardoned in what is more than a study of one particular aspect of the time and it is to be hoped that if something has been lost in comprehensiveness, something has also been gained in lucidity. It may not be out of place to say a few words about some of the manuscript authorities that have been used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.