The 14th Earl of Derby
R. E. Foster examines the reputation and political stature of a three-times prime minister.
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Myth, Reality and William Pitt the Younger
R. E. Foster examines the career of Pitt the Younger.
Elizabethan Catholicism: Questions of Perspective
R.E. Foster emphasises the threat to Elizabeth’s regime.
Dissolving the Dissolute? Henry VIII and the end of English Monasticism
R. E. Foster puts the dissolution of the monasteries into historical context.
The Political Evolution of Lord Palmerston, 1784-1830
R. E. Foster explains the young Palmerston’s progress from Tory to Liberal.
Conflicts and Loyalties: the Parliaments of Elizabeth I
R. E. Foster surveys the changing interpretations and introduces the key facts.
Creating Elizabeth’s Via Media
R. E. Foster reconsiders the origins of the Church Settlement of 1559.
‘Little P’: the Life and Times of Spencer Perceval
R.E. Foster shows that we should know more of Perceval than the manner of his untimely death.
Mr Punch and the Iron Duke
The Duke of Wellington proved a gift to the cartoonists of 'Punch' - he was a figure the magazine's readership would recognise, and he did not look unlike Mr Punch himself.