Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered

by Russell Kirk Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach

Overview

In this, the liveliest and most accessible one-volume life of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk has ingeniously combined the public and the private man into a living whole. He lucidly unfolds Burke's philosophy and offers a fresh assessment of Burke, a statesman enjoying even greater influence today than in his own time.

Kirk defines four great struggles in the life of Burke: his work for conciliation with the American colonies; his involvement in cutting down the domestic power of George III; his prosecution of Warren Hastings, the governor general of India; and his resistance to Jacobinism, the French Revolution's “armed doctrine.” In each of these great phases of his public life, Burke fought with passionate eloquence and relentless logic for his ideals of justice, ideals that continue to appeal today.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"If you are not a Burke scholar...Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered must be read first."— The World & I"This is the liveliest and most accessible one-volume biography of Edmund Burke."— The Bookwatch"Kirk's scholarship is wide-ranging . . . and of course he brings to bear his close knowledge of the vast array of modern Burke scholarship. [His] . . . book is both elegant and eloquent, and it helps to fill a real need. "— Jeffrey Hart, National Review"[T]he book serves as a good short introduction to Burke's life and throught."— Library Journal

"No one knows more about Burke or writes of him with as much authority as did Russell Kirk." — M.D. Aeschliman, The Wanderer "Edmund Burke is the very book for the non-specialist and the very book that no specialist will want

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169518788
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Edition description:	Unabridged

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