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THE HOUSE OF LORDS. From Saxon Wargods to a Modern Senate. An Anecdotal History

by WELLS, John

First Edition

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Book description: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. Book in fine condition. Very good condition, Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at top spin edge, 2cms closed tear on back cover by top outer corner edge. xxi, 298pp, including Select Bibliography and Index. With 37 illustrations. On endpapers - A plan of the foundations of the Old Palace of Westminster drawn in 1807. Explaining the historical origins of their bizarre rituals, the author throws light on the present-day institution and its possible future. In a series of dramatic flashbacks. including the murder of Thomas Beckett, Cromwell's abolition of the Lords and the Great Reform Bill. By way of a description of the old Palace of Westminster before the fire of 1834 and a guide to the present building, the author brings us to the modern political arena with Wedgwood Benn's famous renunciation of his father's peerage, gives a Press Gallery view of the Great Maastricht Debate, talks to Black Rod, penetrates the inner sanctum of the Lord Great Chamberlain's Chamber, and meets the guardian of the Kremlin, a place of mystery under the Victoria Tower, etc. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Bookseller: Clent Books of Bewdley (GB)
Bookseller Inventory #: 6895
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Fine
Jacket condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0340649283
ISBN 13: 9780340649282
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Place: London
Date published: 1997
Keywords: Politics House of Lords Margaret Thatcher Cromwell Palace of Westminster Thomas Beckett Great Reform Bill Parliment Charles I Lord Chancellor Lord Ampthill History
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General;

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