Inside The House of Lords - Hardcover

Aslet, Clive; Moore, Derry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0004140478 ISBN 13: 9780004140476

Verlag: HarperCollins Illustrated, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Derry Moore’s exclusive colour photographs and Clive Aslet’s authoritative text provide a sumptuous architectural and historical appreciation of the Upper House.

INTRODUCTION
A perspective from different peers, for example, Lord Hurd, Lord Patten, Lady Marr, Lord Ferrers, etc.

THE BUILDING AND ITS TRADITIONS
This describes the architecture in detail; how Barry and Pugin arrived at the final designs.
Also, the traditions and procedures of the Upper House – for example, the Lord Chancellor’s Procession, the Woolsack.

ITS HISTORY
The history as the Victorians saw it. Every square inch of the Palace of Westminster symbolises the Victorians’ sense of their past, surviving as part of a continuous tradition of democracy. This chapter would examine the key points that the Victorians sought to emphasise, in the light of modern historical knowledge.

KEY EVENTS
The key events that shaped the House of Lords up to the present day – the Great Reform Act, the 1911 debacle with Lloyd-George,

WHAT THE LORDS DO TODAY
An analysis of the function of the chamber. Discussion of the alternatives, with reform in mind.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Clive Aslet is the award-winning editor of `Country Life’, which he joined in 1977. His books include `The Last Country Houses’, `Inside the House of Lords’ and `A Horse in the Country’. He has also written widely on the changing face of Britain. A frequent contributor to newspapers, Clive often appears on radio and television programmes such as `Newsnight’ and `The Moral Maze’. He is married with two children and lives a little further up the Thames from Greenwich in Pimlico.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HarperCollins Illustrated
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0004140478
• ISBN 13: 9780004140476
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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