1st Edition

The Prime Ministers: 1721–1974 2 volume set

Edited By Herbert van Thal
860 Pages
by Routledge

This 2-volume set, first published in 1974 and 1975, provides a complete gallery of Prime Ministers, up to 1974, each chapter revealing the constant interaction of personality and circumstance, and the whole collection providing an impressive record of the way the premiership changed with its various incumbents. There is really in law no such office as that of Prime Minister. No statute grants... Read more

1. The Prime Ministers - Volume the First: From Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel Herbert van Thal (Ed.) (1974) ISBN 978-1-041-10263-2

2. The Prime Ministers - Volume the Second: From Lord John Russell to Edward Heath Herbert van Thal (Ed.) (1975) ISBN 978-1-041-10278-6

Biography

Herbert van Thal (1904–1983) was a British bookseller, publisher, agent, biographer, and anthologist.