Peel (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by James R. Thursfield

Overview

Police are still known in Britain as “bobbies” and in Ireland as “Peelers,” named after the man who established them: Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). The extraordinary life and career of the Prime Minister who built the British Conservative Party is vividly captured by one of England’s most distinguished historians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411446489
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	241 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Sir James Richard Thursfield (1840-1923), a British naval historian, was the first editor of the Times Literary Supplement. His journalistic writings include The Navy and the Nation (1897), Nelson and Other Naval Studies (1909), and Naval Warfare (1913). He held a fellowship at Jesus College, Oxford from 1864-1881 and was knighted in 1920.