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Reading list: Nineteenth-century British prime ministers: A reading list

Created by: markk

During the nineteenth century, Britain emerged as the world's leading economy, expanded and solidified its position as the dominant imperial power, and saw dramatic social changes that redefined innumerable relationships. This list offers the biographies of many of the men who led Britain during these years, providing insights into their motivations, methods, and legacies.

Books: 34

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The Younger Pitt: Volume I, The Years of Acclaim - John Patrick William Ehrman
The Younger Pitt: Volume I, The Years of Acclaim
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The Younger Pitt: Volume II, The Reluctant Transit... - John Patrick William Ehrman
The Younger Pitt: Volume II, The Reluctant Transition
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The Younger Pitt: Volume III, The Consuming Strugg... - John Patrick William Ehrman
The Younger Pitt: Volume III, The Consuming Struggle
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The Younger Pitt (Profiles in Power) - Michael Duffy
The Younger Pitt (Profiles in Power)
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Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscou... - Philip Ziegler
Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth
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Henry Addington, Prime Minister, 1801-1804: Peace,... - Charles John Fedorak
Henry Addington, Prime Minister, 1801-1804: Peace, War, and Parliamentary Politics
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Lord Grenville 1759-1834 - Peter Jupp
Lord Grenville 1759-1834
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Spencer Perceval. 1762-1812. The Evangelical Prime... - Denis Gray
Spencer Perceval. 1762-1812. The Evangelical Prime Minister
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Lord Liverpool: The Life And Political Career Of R... - Norman Gash
Lord Liverpool: The Life And Political Career Of Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Earl Of Liverpool, 1770-1828
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'Prosperity' Robinson: the life of Visco... 'Prosperity' Robinson: the life of Viscount Goderi... - Wilbur Devereux JONES
'Prosperity' Robinson: the life of Viscount Goderich, 1782-1859
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Wellington: The Path to Victory 1769-1814 - Rory Muir
Wellington: The Path to Victory 1769-1814
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Wellington - Rory Muir
Wellington
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Lord Grey 1764-1845 - E.A. Smith
Lord Grey 1764-1845
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Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848 - L.G. Mitchell
Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848
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The Young Melbourne - David Cecil,
The Young Melbourne
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Melbourne (Power & Personality Series.) - David Cecil
Melbourne (Power & Personality Series.)
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MR Secretary Peel - Norman Gash MR Secretary Peel - Norman Gash
MR Secretary Peel
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Sir Robert Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel After... - Norman Gash
Sir Robert Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel After 1830
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Lord John Russell - John Prest
Lord John Russell
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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Der... - Angus Hawkins
The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby, Volume I: Ascent, 1799-1851
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The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Der... - Angus Hawkins
The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby, Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869
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Lord Aberdeen, A Political Biography - M... Lord Aberdeen, A Political Biography - Muriel Evelyn Chamberlain
Lord Aberdeen, A Political Biography
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Palmerston: A Biography - David Brown
Palmerston: A Biography
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Palmerston, the Early Years, 1784-1841 - Kenneth Bourne
Palmerston, the Early Years, 1784-1841
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Disraeli - Robert Blake
Disraeli
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Young Disraeli 1804 - 1846 - Jane Ridley
Young Disraeli 1804 - 1846
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Gladstone: A Biography - Roy Jenkins
Gladstone: A Biography
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Gladstone 1809-1898 - H.C.G. Matthew
Gladstone 1809-1898
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Gladstone: God and Politics - Richard Sh... Gladstone: God and Politics - Richard Shannon
Gladstone: God and Politics
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Disraeli: The Romance of Politics - Robert P. O'Kell
Disraeli: The Romance of Politics
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Lord Salisbury - E.D. Steele
Lord Salisbury
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Salisbury: Victorian Titan - Andrew Roberts
Salisbury: Victorian Titan
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Rosebery - Robert Rhodes James
Rosebery
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Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil - Leo McKinstry
Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil
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Comments:
SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady
There's a dual bio of Disraeli and Gladstone's political rivalry, The Lion and the Unicorn, by Richard Aldous, and Elizabeth Longford did a two-volume bio of Wellington (The Years of the Sword, and Pillar of State).
markk
Thanks! I've read Longford's Wellington biography, and Muir's is definitely an improvement on it.

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