Wellington: A New BiographyA short biography of Wellington, the Iron Duke, one of the best known military commanders of British history. Covers not only Wellington the war hero and Waterloo, but also his political career and Wellington the ladies' man and his marriage to Kitty Pakenham. |
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Page 105
... reform , such as the abolition of rotten boroughs and the widening of the franchise . At each stage of the speech Wellington worked himself into an unusual fury , pushing himself further and further in the direction of anti - reform ...
... reform , such as the abolition of rotten boroughs and the widening of the franchise . At each stage of the speech Wellington worked himself into an unusual fury , pushing himself further and further in the direction of anti - reform ...
Page 110
... Reform Bill through the House of Lords was defeated . On that same Monday , 150,000 members of the Birmingham Union sang their hymn : ' We will , we will , we will be free ' . The crisis deepened . On 8 May , Lord Grey demanded of the ...
... Reform Bill through the House of Lords was defeated . On that same Monday , 150,000 members of the Birmingham Union sang their hymn : ' We will , we will , we will be free ' . The crisis deepened . On 8 May , Lord Grey demanded of the ...
Page 126
... reform and forced the House of Lords to accept faceabout and retreat ? In the dangerous years between 1830 and 1848 any violent resistance to reform would have led to revolution and counter - revolution as it did in the rest of Europe ...
... reform and forced the House of Lords to accept faceabout and retreat ? In the dangerous years between 1830 and 1848 any violent resistance to reform would have led to revolution and counter - revolution as it did in the rest of Europe ...
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