Peace, War and Party Politics: The Conservatives and Europe, 1846-59

by Geoffrey Hicks

Book Overview

This book examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party's significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain's relations with Europe. It considers the Conservatives' response, in opposition and government, to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719096669
• ISBN13: 9780719096662
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"