Arena of Ambition: The History of the Cambridge Union

by Stephen Parkinson

Older than fourteen colleges and the Boat Race, the Cambridge Union has been an important part of university life at Cambridge since its foundation in 1815. Ex-Presidents have included John Maynard Keynes, Robert Harris, Arianna Huffington and Douglas Hurd - as well as an Olympic medallist, an Oscar nominee, and two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Generations of undergraduates have flocked to its celebrated debating chamber and spoken as equals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848310617
• ISBN13: 9781848310612
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 432 Pages