1807 The Life of the Right Honorable, Charles James Fox, Late Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c.: Comprehending a Brief View of the Times in which he Lived; Some Account of his Principal Cotemporaries; His Occasional Verses, and Other Productions

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Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

Very scarce work. Illustrated with seven engraved plates. Collated complete. A biographical study of Charles James Fox, an English Whig politician and statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. He is noted as the arch-rival of the Tory politician and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. This volume explores his life from childhood and education, his introduction into politics, and the key points of his career, with a view of the social context and commentary on his principal contemporaries.