The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain

Liberalism was the dominant political force of Victorian Britain. Between 1830 and 1886 a coalition of anti—Conservatives known at various times as Whigs, Reformers, and Liberals was in office for over forty years and lost only two out of fourteen general elections. This book presents the first modern overview of Liberal government during its nineteenth—century heyday. Arguing that Liberalism was a much more coherent force than has generally been recognized, Jonathan Parry gives an account ...