Salisbury

by Eric Midwinter

Overview

Biography of the first Prime Minister of the 20th Century during the height of the British Empire

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904950547
Publisher:	Haus Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2006
Series:	British Prime Ministers
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr Eric Midwinter, formerly Director of the Centre for Policy on Ageing, Co-founder of the University of the Third Age and lately Visiting Professor of Education at Exeter University, is a social historian and author of over 50 books with a wide range of topics from cricket and comedians to education, leisure and old age. Among his books are W. G. Grace: His Life and Times; State Educator: the Life and Enduring Influence of W. E. Forster; and The Development of Social Welfare in Britain.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Disregarded Premier     1
The Life
From Noble Birth to Sitting Member     5
From Stamford to Constantinople     15
The Leadership
Towards the Premiership     39
Lord Salisbury Abroad     48
Lord Salisbury at Home     16
Lord Salisbury and Conservatism     92
The Legacy
The Shorter-Term Consequences     113
The Longer-Term Legacies     121
Notes     136
Chronology     141
Further Reading     144
Picture Sources     148
Index     150