Edmund Burke

Statesman political thinker orator and ardent campaigner Edmund Burke was one of the greatest minds of the eighteenth century. His ideas and principles were expressed in the great debates over liberty the rights of man and the American and French Revolutions and are among the most important in modern history. Conor Cruise O'Brien's magisterial book is a rich and fascinating biography of an extraordinary man.

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Conor Cruise O'Brien

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• Authors: Conor Cruise O'Brien
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2002
• EAN: 9780099433446
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943344-6
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Vintage Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Modern / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, Ethics & moral philosophy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Ethics and moral philosophy, Politics and government, History and Archaeology