
Printer to the House
The Story of Hansard
Routledge
ISBN 978-1-04-111789-6
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Buch. Hardcover
2025
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 308 S.
Format (B x L): 14.5 x 22.2 cm
Gewicht: 521
Verlag: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1-04-111789-6
Produktbeschreibung
Luke Hansard (1752–1828), a young man from Norwich, succeeded his partner Henry Hughs as Printer to the House. His name was known to all the politicians and many of the authors of his day, for he was a remarkable character, vigorous and forthright; and this book contains, among much else, a transcript of the brief autobiography he wrote in old age. He and his descendants printed the Journals of the House of Commons until 1890. His eldest son Thomas Curson Hansard, in partnership with William Cobbett, began to print the Parliamentary Debates early in the nineteenth century, and later became sole proprietor. His descendants carried on the business until 1889.
This is an authoritative and extremely readable book which will be of value to all students of politics wherever the name Hansard is known – and there are “Hansards” in Australia, Canada and many other parts of the Commonwealth and Empire as well as in Great Britain. It touches on constitutional questions of great importance and explores some fascinating byways of parliamentary history.
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