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Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James I waiting to accede. But who will thrive, and who will fail, under the new king? Will it be the scholar Francis Bacon, whose brilliant mind is the envy of the court? Or his hated rival Edward Coke, already acclaimed as the greatest lawyer of his generation?

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The purpose of politics is not to satisfy the felt needs of any individual or generation, it is to preserve and enhance the social order in the public interest. It is therefore rooted in a sense of history." "Leadership begins in respect for the social order, and so in modesty. It pushes leaders towards a close study of their people, all the people, and their institutions." "The 'we' of politics [is located] at the level of the nation as a who...

Jesse Norman is the Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire. He read classics at Oxford and completed a masters and a doctorate in Philosophy from University College London. Before entering politics, he ran an educational project working in Communist Eastern Europe, and was a director at Barclays. He has been an Honorary Fellow at UCL, a Governor of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, and a Visiting Fello...

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What is Compassionate Conservatism?David Cameron has made compassionate conservatism a priority for the Conservative Party, famously saying that "there is such a thing as society, it's just not the same thing as the state."But what is compassionate conservatism? What vision of society does it offer to inspire and guide future policy making? And what does it have to say about the challenges that face Britain today?These are the subjects explore...

As the world's financial system totters and Britain faces recession, we need a far richer debate about the nature, the power and the limitations of capitalism.Compassionate Conservatism was acclaimed as 'the intellectual guidebook to Cameronism'.Now Compassionate Economics re-examines the fundamental drivers of economic prosperity and social wellbeing - and sets out a new economic agenda for the centre-right. Praise for Compassionate Conservat...

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This hugely important book provides a most timely and important answer to a question perhaps best described as rhetorical: it is essential reading for politicians, economists, social commentators - and the voting public.

Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction, both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains.

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What does it mean to have visual intuition? Can we gain geometrical knowledge by using visual reasoning? And if we can, is it because we have a faculty of intuition? In" After Euclid, " Jesse Norman reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. The first detailed philosophical case study of its kind, this t...