Edmund Burke: Volume II: 1784-1797

by F.P. Lock

This is the second and concluding volume of a biography of Edmund Burke (1730-97), a key figure in eighteenth-century British and Irish politics and intellectual life. Covering the most interesting years of his life (1784-97), its leading themes are India and the French Revolution. Burke was largely responsible for the impeachment of Warren Hastings, former Governor-General of Bengal. The lengthy (145-day) trial of Hastings (which lasted from 1788...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199541531
• ISBN13: 9780199541539
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"