Review
-
Eight case studies of notorious political rivals
Review of John Campbell, Pistols at Dawn: Two Hundred Year of Political Rivalry, from Pitt and Fox to Blair and Brown (Jonathan Cape, 2009).
-
Scarborough politicians
Review of Anne and Paul Bayliss, Scarborough’s MPs 1832 to 1906; Scarborough’s Mayors 1836 to 1906; A Biographical Dictionary (A. M. Bayliss).
-
Testament of hope
Review of Shirley Williams, Climbing the Bookshelves (Virago Press, 2009).
-
The end of the affair
Review of Mark Oaten, Screwing Up (Biteback, 2009).
-
Railwayman and MP
Review of Adrian Vaughan, Samuel Morton Peto: A Victorian Entrepreneur (Ian Allan, 2009).
-
Too short a history
Review of Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party: The Road Back to Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
-
Modernising the state
Review of Steve Pincus, 1688: The First Modern Revolution (Yale University Press, 2009).
-
Prophet of democracy
Review of Hugh Brogan, Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolutions (Profile Books, 2009).
-
Liberal thought
Review of Kevin Hickson (ed.), The Political Thought of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats since 1945 (Manchester University Press, 2009).