Chief Whip /

Chief Whip / / Eric Alexander.

The author's grandfather, Aretas Akers-Douglas (1857-1926) was in his day called ";The Prince of Whips";. Starting in 1880 as a confederate of the brilliant but unorthodox Lord Randolph Churchill, he graduated in record time to the position of chief dispenser of the official Conservat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Alexander, Eric ,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©1961
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (396 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editor’s Note
  • Contents
  • Plates
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I. The Spell of Disraeli
  • II. Lord Randolph Ramps: Akers-Douglas Arrives
  • III. ‘Politics Are Ireland’
  • IV. The Unionist Alliance
  • V. The Climax of Churchill
  • VI. Reconstruction and Attack
  • VII. Critics and Malcontents
  • VIII. Churchill’s Final Flings
  • IX. Tory Attitudes to Reform
  • X. The Stricken Leader
  • XI. Close of a Chapter
  • XII. A Dying Parliament
  • XIII. In Opposition
  • XIV. The Alliance in the Balance
  • XV. ‘Eminence Grise’
  • XVI. Army Education and Home Office
  • XVII. The Cabinet Crisis of 1903
  • XVIII. The Tariff Reform Imbroglio
  • XIX. Last Battles
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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