Roy Hattersley

Broschiertes Buch

The Devonshires

The Story of a Family and a Nation

Beschreibung

William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England.

Autor

Roy Hattersley was elected to Parliament in 1964. He served in Harold Wilson's government and in Jim Callaghan's Cabinet. In 1983 he became deputy leader of the Labour Party. As well as contributing to a host of national newspapers, he has written twenty-five books, including The Edwardians; Borrowed Time: the Story of Britain between the Wars; In Search of England; acclaimed biographies of John Wesley and Lloyd George, and, most recently, The Devonshires. Roy Hattersley has been Visiting Fellow of Harvard's Institute of Politics and of Nuffield College, Oxford. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780099554394
• ISBN-10: 0099554399
• Artikelnr.: 39594124