J. R. Thursfield | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

1898. The biography of Robert Peel, English Statesman who was twice Prime Minister and counted among his many accomplishments the creation of the Metropolitan Police. Contents: Family, Birth and Education; Parliament and Office; The Currency and the Criminal Law; Catholic Emancipation; The Reform of Parliament; The Reformed Parliament and the Crisis of 1834; Four Months of Office, and Six Years of Opposition; The Administration of 1841; Peel and O'Connell; The Repeal of the Corn Laws; and Conclusion.