A very splendid work indeed.
*LRB*
The achievement is of an order that almost defies description in
scholarly language; but what is abundantly clear is that Mr Thorne
and his colleagues have removed the blinkers through which
historians of early nineteenth century politics have previous had
to operate . The material collected ... has amply justified the
painstaking research which they have conducted over many years;
these volumes are amongst the finest fruits of scholarship on this
period ever to have been harvested. In an age of increasing
uncertainty among historians about the direction and utility of
research, which often seems merely to retrace familiar ground or to
grapple with abstractions, may provide abundant reassurance that
there is no substitute for solid, detailed enquiry into specific,
important and neglected subjects.
*PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY*
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