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Author
Publisher
T. Nelson & sons
Pub. Date
[19--?]
Description
Richard Cobden was a British member of parliament who proposed a bill questioning the official report of the Arrow. The Arrow was a military ship involved in a brief conflict in China. Cobden believed that the ship had not acted properly, spurring a debate that shed light on the growing problems of China in English politics.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Begins with the forced marriage of Lady Glencora to Plantagenet Palliser. The British House of Commons serves as the backdrop as we watch the coming and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not so powerful. This includes the lives of the friends and children of the Palliser's.