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 Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 1826-93, The: Between 1878 and 1893 by Stanley, Edward Henry |
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Brief Description Edward Henry Stanley (1826-93) was a prominent British politician and a major landowner. His diaries record the minutiae of the life of a great Victorian nobleman as faithfully as the momentous arguments in Gladstone's cabinet. |
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Author Information John Vincent was Professor of History at the University of Bristol. On retirement he became Visiting Professor of History at the University of East Anglia. His numerous books include Disraeli (1990), and An Intelligent Person's Guide to History (1995). |
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Author Profile John Vincent was Professor of History at the University of Bristol. On retirement he became Visiting Professor of History at the University of East Anglia. His numerous books include Disraeli (1990), and An Intelligent Person's Guide to History (1995). |
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Synopsis Edward Henry Stanley was the only minister to serve in the cabinets of both Gladstone and Disraeli. As a diarist, he was probably the fullest and most informative "fly on the wall" of the British Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century. The most important man in Lancashire, and a landowner on a great scale, Lord Derby records the minutiae of a vanished way of life, that of a great Victorian nobleman dedicated to public service, as faithfully as he does momentous arguments in the cabinet. These diaries provide a quarry for the social as much as the political history of the upper classes; and an intelligent commentary on the people and events of aristocratic parliamentary government in its final phase. |
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