Author: Stanley John Weyman

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 382

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"Chippinge Borough" is a novel by Stanley J. Weyman based on the background to the 1831 Bristol Riots and culminates in a detailed description of those riots. There is a mood of rancor and dissent in the United Kingdom when a popular bill is passed in Parliament with only a slim majority, forcing the King to dissolve Parliament. Caught up in all this is Arthur Vaughan, a young student of the law whose visit to see the Lord Chancellor portends a bright future for him, especially because of his shrewd scheming...