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The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke

Volume VIII: the French Revolution 1790-1794

The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke( )
Author: Burke, Edmund
Editor: Mitchell, L. G.
General Editor: Langford, Paul
Series title:Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-178672-3
Publication Date:May 2014
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Imprint:Clarendon Press
Book Format:Online resource
List Price:USD $390.00
Book Description:

This is the first edition of Burke's famous Reflections on the Revolution in France to appear for twenty years. No edition of his other writings on the Revolution has appeared for almost a century. In these years, the background against which Burke wrote has been much studied, throwing new light on his motives for commentating on France, and the reasons why his writings were both widely read and widely rejected. Published two hundred years after the outbreak of the French Revolution,...
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Author Biography
Burke, Edmund (Author)
Born in Ireland in 1729, Edmund Burke was an English statesman, author, and orator who is best remembered as a formidable advocate for those who were victims of injustice. He was the son of a Dublin lawyer and had also trained to practice law. In the 1760s, Burke was elected to the House of Commons from the Whig party.

Burke spent most of his career in Parliament as a member of the Royal Opposition, who was not afraid of controversy, as shown by his support for the American Revolution and for Irish/Catholic rights. His best-known work is Reflections on the French Revolution (1790). Some other notable works are On Conciliation with the American Colonies (1775) and Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788).

Edmund Burke died in 1797.

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