{"product_id":"9780393542103-friends-until-the-end","title":"Friends Until the End","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively dual biography of the two great English orators of the eighteenth century, who cultivated a friendship across their political differences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmund Burke and Charles Fox made common political cause in eighteenth-century Britain for twenty-five years: they supported the rebellious American colonies, attacked the British slave trade, defended religious liberty and attempted to shield Britain’s credit from the crisis-prone East India Company. The two men were an improbable pair. But the hard-drinking, mistress-collecting Fox loved and admired Burke, feelings that the clean-living political philosopher and statesman warmly reciprocated. They moved together in the London intellectual world, opposing what they regarded as the overreaching crown. \u003cem\u003eFriends Until the End\u003c\/em\u003e traces Burke and Fox’s relationship through three events: the American Revolution; the impeachment of the East India Company’s governor-general; and the French Revolution, which ended their political union and shattered their friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith panache, James Grant illuminates the politics and economics of their era and its lessons for our divided present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Grant’s \u003cem\u003eBagehot\u003c\/em\u003e was praised as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e“[…] in Grant’s hands, Bagehot’s life and career provide a superb prism through which to observe the extraordinary revolution in the British economy during the 19th century.\"—Simon Nixon, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"[An] engaging new biography of Bagehot. In this very enjoyable book, Grant demonstrates that he has the measure of a fascinating—and great—Victorian.\"—\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56078221803894,"sku":"9780393542103","price":38.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35773440.jpg?v=1755799421","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780393542103-friends-until-the-end","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}