1859-1886
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The struggle for political representation
Labour candidates and the Liberal Party, 1868–85.
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Jabez Balfour
Businessman and Liberal politician.
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Famous for being famous?
Review of Leo McKinstry, Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (John Murray, 2005).
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A very distinguished tightrope dancer
Review of James Chambers, Palmerston: ‘The People’s Darling’ (John Murray, 2004).
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A hand-to-mouth man?
Review of Patrick Jackson, Harcourt and Son: A Political Biography of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004).
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The diary of a somebody
Review of John Vincent (ed.), The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93): A Selection (Leopard’s Head Press, 2003).
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The Grand Old Man and Dizzy re-examined
Review of Dick Leonard, The Great Rivalry: Gladstone & Disraeli (I. B. Tauris, 2013).
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The man who made the weather: Joseph Chamberlain – imperial standard bearer, national leader, local icon
Report of the centenary conference, Birmingham 4–5 July 2014.