Author:
Leonard, R. L. (Richard Lawrence)
Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Descriptionviii, 354 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Note:William Pitt, the Younger - reformer turned reactionary? -- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth - better than his reputation? -- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville - not quite 'all the talents' -- William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland - Whig into Tory -- Spencer Perceval - struck down in his prime -- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool - keeping the show on the road -- George Canning - In the footsteps of Pitt -- Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon - inadequate stopgap -- Arthur Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Duke of Wellington - military hero, political misfit? -- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - in the footsteps of Fox -- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - mentor to a young monarch -- Sir Robert Peel - arch pragmatist or Tory traitor? -- Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - from whig to liberal -- Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby' - The brilliant chief, irregularly great' -- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - failure or scapegoat? -- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - master diplomat or playground bully? -- Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield - climbing 'the greasy pole' -- William Ewart Gladstone - from 'stern unbending Tory' to the 'people's William' -- Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - skillful opponent of reform -- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery - seeking 'the Palm without the dust."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
