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Peel (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Name: Peel (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Author: James R. Thursfield
ISBN: 9781411446489

by James R. Thursfield

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Overview

Police are still known in Britain as "bobbies” and in Ireland as "Peelers,” named after the man who established them: Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). The extraordinary life and career of the Prime Minister who built the British Conservative Party is vividly captured by one of England’s most distinguished historians.

Synopsis

Police are still known in Britain as "bobbies" and in Ireland as "Peelers, " named after the man who established them: Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). The extraordinary life and career of the Prime Minister who built the British Conservative Party is vividly captured by one of England's most distinguished historians.

About the Author, James R. Thursfield

Sir James Richard Thursfield (1840-1923), a British naval historian, was the first editor of the Times Literary Supplement. His journalistic writings include The Navy and the Nation (1897), Nelson and Other Naval Studies (1909), and Naval Warfare (1913). He held a fellowship at Jesus College, Oxford from 1864-1881 and was knighted in 1920.