Perilous Question by Antonia Fraser audiobook

Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832

By Antonia Fraser
Read by Mike Grady

WF Howes 9781610393782
11.70 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9781471232510

Perilous Question features an eventful, violent often overlooked period of British history. On June 7, 1832, William IV reluctantly assented to pass the Great Reform Bill, under the double threat of the creation of sixty new peers in the house of lords and of revolution throughout the country. This led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a riotous two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings dramatically to life. Perilous Question is an exceptional work of narrative history—one that truly casts a distant mirror on events today.

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Perilous Question features an eventful, violent often overlooked period of British history. On June 7, 1832, William IV reluctantly assented to pass the Great Reform Bill, under the double threat of the creation of sixty new peers in the house of lords and of revolution throughout the country. This led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a riotous two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings dramatically to life. Perilous Question is an exceptional work of narrative history—one that truly casts a distant mirror on events today.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Fraser writes energetically about the political wrangling, finding both humor and humanity in the struggle.” —New Yorker
“Antonia Fraser’s superb narrative of the passing of the Bill, which, as well as providing incisive pen portraits of all the major protagonists, is expressive and elegiac of an age when, despite everything, enlightened rationality informed political discourse.” —Telegraph (London)
“Engaging, elaborate, and elegantly wrought.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Author Bio: Antonia Fraser

Author Bio: Antonia Fraser

Antonia Fraser is the author of Mary Queen of Scots, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Faith and Treason, among other novels. She is also famous for her Jemima Shore series of mysteries. She and her husband, Harold Pinter, live in London.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 11.70
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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