Holden's Ghosts. The life and times of Sir Isaac Holden. Inventor, woolcoomber and nonconformist radical Liberal MP
Details:
- Author(s) Holden, Tony
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2015
- Pages 216pp; illus
- Publisher Leen Editions
- Place Published Nottingham
Topics:
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
A biography of Holden based on his archives and focusing especially on his character, motivations, family relationships, radical politics, etc. Includes Holden family tree. Chapters include: 'Joseph in the House of Pharaoh'; 'Take a place out of town'; 'The search for a prudent wife'; 'New beginnings'; 'Cite Anglaise'; 'Isaac Holden et Fils; 'New alliances'; 'Dissenters' grievances'; 'All for glory - the Franco Prussian War'; 'Return to the fray - infidels and secularists and spoiliators'; 'The Phoenix Park murders and a return to Parliament'; 'For fear of saying hard things'; 'Health and longevity - a baronetcy and a strike'; 'Death duties and Isaac's last petition to Parliament'