The Tory World
Author | : Professor Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2015-03-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781472414281 |
ISBN-13 | : 1472414284 |
Rating | : 4/5 (284 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Tory World written by Professor Jeremy Black and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working forward from the later seventeenth century, Jeremy Black explores the ‘deep history’ of the changing and competing understandings within the Tory party of the role Britain has aspired to play on a world stage. With a supporting cast from Pitt to Disraeli, Churchill to Thatcher, the book provides a fascinating insight into the influence of history over politics, and seeks to understand how the Tory party has sought to navigate its way through the difficult pathways of foreign and imperial politics.