Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism

Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism examines Bottomley's life and politics, and what made him one of the great figures of Edwardian life.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Fathers, Real and Imagined 3. First Steps in Business and Politics 4. Proprietor, Politician, Defendant 5. Company Promoter, Bucket-shop Keeper 6. Sensualist 7. The Gospel of Humanity 8. The Spell of Words 9. Patriot 10. Thief 11. Variety Artist 12. In Retrospect

About the author

David Renton is a British historian and barrister. His other books include Labour’s Antisemitism Crisis: What the Left Got Wrong and How to Learn From It (Routledge 2022), No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring “No Platform” in History, Law and Politics (Routledge 2021) and Never Again: Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976–1982 (Routledge 2019).

Summary

Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism examines Bottomley’s life and politics, and what made him one of the great figures of Edwardian life.

Product details

• Authors: David Renton, David (Independent Scholar Renton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032306537
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230653-7
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; England, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: business & industry, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Biography: business and industry, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies