In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-60

by Linda Colley

Book Overview

In English history the years between 1714 and 1760 are peculiar in two ways. They have received only scant attention from historians, and they witnessed the exclusion of the tory sector of the nation's landed elite from all central as well as from prime local offices. In this book Linda Colley explores the fate of the tory party which has dominated both Parliament and the constituencies throughout of the reigns of William III and Anne. She refutes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521313112
• ISBN13: 9780521313117
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"