George III: King and Politicians 1760-1770

by Peter D.G. Thomas and Peter D.G. Thomas

The eighteenth-century was long deemed 'the classical age of the constitution' in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution o. This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration comprising of factions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719064295
• ISBN13: 9780719064296
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"