Three English Statesmen (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) e-bog

Through this elegant, acerbic trio of essayson seventeenth-century parliamentarian John Pym, Oliver Cromwell, and William Pitt the Elderthe influential historian Goldwin Smith takes digs at the politicians and parties of the 1860s. Issues include Ireland, martial law, imperialism, Anglo-American relations, suffrage, the Anglican Church, aristocracy, revolution, and reaction.