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Informationen zum Autor Diane Urquhart is a Senior Lecturer in Modern Irish History and Deputy Director at the Institute of Irish Studies of the University of Liverpool. A graduate of the Queen's University of Belfast she is a former Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's. She has also worked as a researcher for the Women's History Project. She is the author of Women in Ulster Politics: A History Not Yet Told; editor of The Minutes of the Ulster Women's Unionist Council and Executive Committee! 1911-40; co-editor of Coming into the light: the work! politics and religion of women in Ulster! 1840-1940; The Irish Women's History Reader and Irish Women's History. Klappentext From 1800-1959! the leading Tory hostesses! the Marchionesses of Londonderry were patrons and confidantes to key political figures such as Disraeli! Bonar Law! and others. This book offers an examination of these powerful political hostesses of the Anglo-Irish establishment and sheds light on the workings of 19th and 20th-century politics. From 1800-1959, the leading Tory hostesses, the Marchionesses of Londonderry were patrons and confidantes to key political figures such as Disraeli, Bonar Law, and others. This book offers an examination of these powerful political hostesses of the Anglo-Irish establishment and sheds light on the workings of 19th and 20th-century politics. Zusammenfassung From 1800-1959, the leading Tory hostesses, the Marchionesses of Londonderry were patrons and confidantes to key political figures such as Disraeli, Bonar Law, and others. This book offers an examination of these powerful political hostesses of the Anglo-Irish establishment and sheds light on the workings of 19th and 20th-century politics.
