The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund BurkeStatesman, political thinker, orator, and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the most brilliant figures of the eighteenth century. This unorthodox biography focuses on Burke's thoughts, responses, and actions to the great events and debates surrounding Britain's tumultuous relationships with her three colonies—America, Ireland, and India—and archrival France. |
Contents
List of Illustrations | vii |
Introduction | xxxi |
American Colonies 17651778 | 87 |
Copyright | |
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