Charles James Fox: Man of the PeopleHutchinson, 1989 - 283 էջ A biography of Charles James Fox, the 18th century politician and socialite whose political importance embraced the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, the East India Company and many domestic issues. The book looks at Fox the aristocrat, famed for his oratory and remembered as Pitt's chief adversary, who in so many causes was the champion of the people. David Powell is an 18th century historian, and author of Tom Paine: The Greatest Exile. |
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Foreword Tony Benn | 1 |
Introduction | 5 |
A Very Sensible Little Fellow | 10 |
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