Order from Chaos
Despite its popularity in France, the political memoir took a while to get going in Britain. It was Lord Clarendon’s epic attempt to make sense of the turbulent 17th century that slowly set the ball rolling.
Each year a new crop of political memoirs appears, promoted by publishers who bank on their popularity.
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