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Biography and the Politics of the Early Nineteenth Century - Whig Renaissance: Lord Althorp and the Whig Party, 1782–1845. By Ellis Archer Wasson. New York: Garland, 1987. Pp. viii + 439. $70.00. - Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815): A Social and Political Study. By Dean Rapp. New York: Garland, 1987. Pp. 504. $75.00. - Henry Brougham, 1778–1868: His Public Career. By Robert Stewart. London: Bodley Head, 1985. Pp. 406. - Joseph Hume: The People's M.P. By Ronald K. Huch and Paul R. Ziegler. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1985. Pp. viii+172. $17.00. - Peel and the Victorians. By Donald Read. London: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Pp. xii + 330. $55.00.

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Abraham D. Kriegel
Abraham D. Kriegel*
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Memphis State University
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 281 - 291
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