Lord Salisbury's World

Michael Bentley has been Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews since 1995. He is the author of a well-known volume in the Fontana History of England (Politics without Democracy, 1815-1914) and of several studies of Liberal politics in Britain. In 1993 he was editor of Public and Private Doctrine: Essays in British History Presented to Maurice Cowling, Cambridge University Press (0521400139). He is a regular reviewer, and teaches over a wide range of issues, from intellectual history to historical theory. He is currently Programme Chair of the International Commission on Historiography.

• Introduction: situations vacant; 1. Time; 2. Space; 3. Society; 4. Property; 5. Thought; 6. The state; 7. The church; 8. The empire; 9. The party; 10. The legacy; Note on sources.

'… this book is considerably more than a biography. It is an extensive review of the political, intellectual, religious an social ambiance of late nineteenth century Britain.' Open History