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Memoirs Of A Tory Radical


Free Download Nigel Lawson, "Memoirs Of A Tory Radical"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 1849540470 | EPUB | pages: 680 | 0.8 mb
A key minister for a full decade and Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1983 to 1989, Nigel Lawson was one of the most powerful and effective of Margaret Thatcher’s colleagues, and among the chief architects of Thatcherism. This abridged edition of Lord Lawson’s memoirs – first published as The View from No.11 in 1992 and acclaimed as one of the best political memoirs of the period – goes straight to the heart of economic policy-making at a time of crisis and creative change. It explains the workings of government with candour, clarity and depth, against the backdrop of the remarkable story of the rise and fall of his political collaboration with Margaret Thatcher, productive and successful for many years, but ending with his dramatic resignation in October 1989.The book includes a new final chapter reflecting on events from the perspective of 2010, also discussing the crisis in the banking sector and global warming.

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The Tory’s Wife A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America (The Revolutionary Age)


Free Download The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America (The Revolutionary Age) by Cynthia A. Kierner
English | September 1, 2023 | ISBN: 0813949912 | 224 pages | PDF | 3.21 Mb
The Spurgin family of North Carolina experienced the cataclysm of the American Revolution in the most dramatic ways―and from different sides. This engrossing book tells the story of Jane Welborn Spurgin, a patriot who welcomed General Nathanael Greene to her home and aided Continental forces while her loyalist husband was fighting for the king as an officer in the Tory militia. By focusing on the wife of a middling backcountry farmer, esteemed historian Cynthia Kierner shows how the Revolution not only toppled long-established political hierarchies but also strained family ties and drew women into the public sphere to claim both citizenship and rights―as Jane Spurgin did with a dramatic series of petitions to the North Carolina state legislature when she fought to reclaim her family’s lost property after the war was over.

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