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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Reid, Loren Dudley, 1905- Charles James Fox: a man for the people. [Columbia] University of Missouri Press [1969] (OCoLC)560736856 |
| Named Person: | Charles James Fox; Charles James Fox |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Loren Dudley Reid |
| ISBN: | 0826200761 9780826200761 |
| OCLC Number: | 13163 |
| Description: | xiv, 475 p. illus. 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1: Thrice in, thrice out. Genesis of a speaker ; Eton, Oxford, The grand tour ; The phenomenon of the age ; In and out of government. Part 2: The loyal opposition. Fox discovers America ; Fox in opposition ; A speech without a reply ; Fox and North: Conflict ; Fox goes to the people ; The opposition triumphs ; The first foreign secretary ; Road to coalition ; Mr secretary Fox ; The India bill ; The Westminster election ; Mr Pitt and Mr Fox ; Fox, The Prince, and Mrs Fitzherbert ; The king's illness. Part 3: Man of the people. Genesis of a new whig ; Defender of political liberty ; War with France ; For freedom of speech ; Great whig ; Speaker for the people. Part 4: Long road back. Secession;St Anne's Hill ; Quest for peace ; Pitt resigns;secession continues ; Road to war ; Fox and Pitt in opposition ; Pitt does, Fox takes office ; Death of Fox. |
| Responsibility: | [by] Loren Reid. |
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