Title: Sir Robert Peel
Subtitle: statesmanship, power, and party
First published: 1991
Description: Is Peel's reputation as an excellent Prime Minister justified? Evans questions this usual assumption and shows how Peel was largely responsible for the break-up of the Conservative party in 1846 and for its political wilderness.
Subjects: Politics and government, Conservative Party (Great Britain), Prime ministers, Biography, History, Peel, robert, sir, 1788-1850, Prime ministers, great britain, Great britain, politics and government, 1837-1901, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Historical, Great britain, biography
Places: Great Britain
People: Robert Peel Sir (1788-1850)
Time periods: 1837-1901, 1830-1837, 19th century