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Making Aristocracy Work explores the political role and activities of the peerage, both inside and outside Parliament, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Adonis examines the House of Lords and its practices during this period, and offers a new interpretation of the constitutional crisis of 1909-1911. He reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Lords, questioning its effectiveness as a revising chamber, but at the same ti...

The paperback edition of the best-selling political biography.

A biography of the statesman Ernest Bevin, which brings to life a figure often unjustly hidden beneath that of his more celebrated contemporaries. *Also appeared in June Buyer's Notes*

With each chapter written by a prominent political figure, including Sir Nicholas Soames, David Owen and Rachel Reeves, the book provides some hugely revealing portraits of Britain's former leaders, shining a light on their sometimes warm, and at other times downright hostile, attitudes towards Europe.

HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General