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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby
Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869
Angus Hawkins, Director of International Programmes, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, and Fellow and Bursar of Kellogg College, Oxford
The first ever biography of the 14th Earl of Derby, completely revising the conventional view of his personality, career, and significance Review of the previous volume:
'The most significant book on Victorian politics in half a century.'
Professor John Charmley, University of East Anglia
'This, the first full-length biography of Derby to be written with access to the archives, will be the only one needed this century...The next volume is eagerly awaited.'
Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Times
'The first volume leaves him on the brink of his first ministry; the second volume is eagerlyawaited...fine work.'
A. W. Purdue, THES
'Hopefully readers will not have to wait long for the remainder of this impressive work. Meantime, the book's publishers should be congratulated on having produced a handsome, illustrated volume, at a fairly reasonable price.'
Terry Jenkins, BBC History Magazine
'Hawkins's...achievement [is] in bringing the mind of a reading public back to this curious and significant statesman.'
Michael Bentley, TLS
'OUP should be congratulated for publishing this book in two volumes...well-researched, well-written book.'
Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Times
'This is real history. Unlike so many political biographers, Hawkins has really mastered the archives. There is much in this book that is new, much that will permanently change
interpretations of the period. It is about real politicians, not caricatures or faceless abstractions. Those who already have some acquaintance with the early years of the
nineteenth century will find great pleasure in reading this book.'
Leslie Mitchell, Literary Review
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