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Perilous Question: Reform Or Revolution? Britain On The Brink, 1832 (2013)

by Antonia Fraser(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1610393317 (ISBN13: 9781610393317)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

PublicAffairs

review 1: A fun, fast and enaging book that I picked up in Edinburgh, and managed to read in two days thanks to a five hour train ride from there home to London. The only drawback may be due to my status as a native American--the book was slightly vague on the actual process of Parliament. I study 18th/19th British history, and am even working on a Parliament-related dissertation, Fraser glosses over the rules of Parliament so a reader who is not necessarily famililar may be somewhat confused by the re-reading of bills, the dissolving of Parliament (why it's a good thing for the Reformers) and what not. Just a bit more structure, a bit more explanation would have really made this book great.
review 2: This was ok. It certainly covers an interesting period of British Hist... moreory, but it did feel rather like I was reading part of Earl Grey's biography. There are long descriptions of the characters and appearances of various aristocrats, and not much in the way of analysis. On top of that, I didn't really get on with Fraser's prose. She has a tendency to write extremely drawn out sentences, meaning the point gets lost about halfway through. less

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