British Diaries

British Diaries

Author: William Matthews

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0520320719

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.


Victorian England 1837-1901

Victorian England 1837-1901

Author: Josef Lewis Altholz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08-22

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780521521123

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This book contains 2,500 bibliographical entries covering most aspects of the history of Victorian England.


Writers, Readers, and Reputations

Writers, Readers, and Reputations

Author: Philip Waller

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 1194

ISBN-13: 0199541205

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Philip Waller explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged, with writers promoted as stars and celebrities, advertising both products and themselves.


At Power's Elbow

At Power's Elbow

Author: Andrew Blick

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1849546401

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Discreet, inconspicuous, prudent... The perfect prime-ministerial aide is always in the background, a low-profile figure unknown outside the Westminster bubble. Unfortunately, reality often falls short of the ideal; for as long as the office of Prime Minister has existed, its occupants have been supported by a range of colourful individuals who have garnered public interest, controversy and criticism. At Power's Elbow tells their story for the first time, uncovering the truth behind three centuries' worth of prime ministers and their aides. Its subjects range from the early media-managers and election-fixers of Sir Robert Walpole, to the teams supporting the wartime premierships of David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, to the semi-official 'Department of the Prime Minister' established under Tony Blair. Along the way, Andrew Blick and George Jones demonstrate how these essential advisers can be a source of both solace and strife to their chiefs, solving and causing problems in almost equal measure. Above all, they reveal how a Prime Minister's approach to his staff can define his premiership, for better or for worse.


The Annual Register

The Annual Register

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13:

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Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year.