Review
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Saint or devil?
Ian Cawood and Chris Upton (eds.), Joseph Chamberlain: International Statesman, National Leader, Local Icon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
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All prime ministers competently surveyed in a single tome
Dick Leonard, A History of British Prime Ministers (Omnibus Edition): Walpole to Cameron (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).
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Churchill’s attitude to Ireland
Review of Paul Bew, Churchill and Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2016).
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Alternative to war
Review of Duncan Marlor, Fatal Fortnight: Arthur Ponsonby and the Fight for British Neutrality in 1914 (Frontline Books, 2014).
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The straight line deviationist
Review of Dick Taverne, Against the Tide (Biteback Publishing, 2014).
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The Pact
Review of Jonathan Kirkup, The Lib–Lab Pact – A Parliamentary Agreement, 1977–78 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).
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Ploughing his own furrow
Review of Norman Baker, Against the Grain (Biteback Publishing, 2015).
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Reform and reformers
Review of Michael Thomas and Peter Urbach, Commemorating Reform and Reformers, Volume 1: The Reform Club’s Collection of Ceramic and Other Objects Commemorating Reform and Those who Campaigned for it (Reform Club, 2014).