The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby: Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869: Achievement, 1851-1869 v. 2 (Hardcover)

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The second and concluding volume...was as scholarly, readable and distinguished as the first, no easy task. (Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph )

Dr Hawkins has supplied the need with comprehensive scholarship and lucid exposition. (Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement )

Without a study of Derby ... the political history of the years between the first two parliamentary Reform Acts (in 1832 and 1867) remains seriously incomplete. (Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement )

This is the most significant book on Victorian politics in half a century; all existing histories of Victorian politics and of the Conservative Party will need rewriting to take account of Hawkins's magisterial two volumes on the fourteenth Earl of Derby. (John Charmley, History Today )

...the Derby who emerges from these pages will no longer be 'forgotten'; that is Hawkins's crowning achievement in this great biography. (John Charmley, History Today )

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Lord Derby was the first British statesman to become prime minister three times. He remains the longest serving party leader in modern British politics, heading the Conservative party for twenty-two years from 1846 to 1868. He abolished slavery in the British Empire, established a national system of education in Ireland, was a prominent advocate for the 1832 Reform Act and, as prime minister, oversaw the introduction of the Second Reform Act in 1867. Yet no biography of Derby, based upon his papers and correspondence, has previously been published. Alone of all Britain's premiers, Derby has never received a full scholarly study examining his policies, personality, and beliefs. Largely airbrushed out of our received view of Victorian politics, Derby has become the forgotten prime minister. This ground-breaking biography, based upon Derby's own papers and extensive archive, as well as recently discovered sources, fills this striking gap. It completely revises the conventional portrait of Derby as a dull and apathetic politician, revealing him as a complex, astute, influential, and significant figure, who had a profound effect on the politics and society of his time. As Hawkins shows, far from being an uninterested dilettante, Derby played an instrumental role in directing Britain's path through the historic opportunities and challenges confronting the nation at a time of increasing political participation, industrial pre-eminence, urban growth, colonial expansion, religious controversy, and Irish tragedy. This book is likely not only to change our view of Derby himself but also fundamentally to affect our understanding of nineteenth century British party politics, the history of the Conservative party, and the nature of public life in the Victorian age in general, including some of its foremost figures, such as Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, William Gladstone, and Benjamin Disraeli. Volume II opens with Derby's first period as prime minister in 1852 and takes us through to his death in 1869.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Conclusion, 31 Mar 2009 By  HBH - See all my reviews The Second volume of the Forgotten Prime Minister by Angus Hawkins lives up to the expectations raised by the first volume. It is written in a very clear and interesting style with interesting analysis of the events of the 14th Earl's later life. This volume specifically deals with the Earl of Derby's ultimately successful attempts to rehabilitate the Conservative Party as a serious party of government rather than the disorganised mess that they had threatened to become. It shows how the often forgotten Derby saved the Conservative Party from descending into a rural, bigoted landed rump into a party of moderate reform. All in all a very well-written and interesting biography which brings to life a forgotten figure who ultimately was responsible for the success of the Conservative Party in British politics. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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