William Wilberforce - The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

Informationen zum Autor William Hague is the best-selling author of William Pitt the Younger, published in 2004 to rapturous reviews and was chosen as History Book of the Year in the British Book Awards. At Oxford, he was President of both the Union and the University Conservative Association. He has been MP for Richmond, Yorkshire since 1989. He joined the Cabinet in 1995 as Secretary of State for Wales, and was leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to June 2001. He is now Shadow Foreign Secretary. Klappentext William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade. Zusammenfassung William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade.

Product details

• Authors: William Hague, Hague William
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2008
• EAN: 9780007228867
• ISBN: 978-0-00-722886-7
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political activism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Biography: historical, political and military, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Political activism / Political engagement