The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized.
Seth Alexander Thevoz is an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford, where he is a research assistant on the forthcoming official biography of Sir David Butler. He holds degrees from the universities of Cambridge, London and Warwick, and he completed his PhD in conjunction with the History of Parliament Trust. A former parliamentary researcher, his areas of expertise include the history of British politicians' outside financial interests, and the history of party political funding. He is Honorary Librarian of London's National Liberal Club. This is his first book.
Dr Thevoz' scholarly and readable book is an outstanding and
important contribution to our understanding of politics in
nineteenth century Britain.
*Sherlock Holmes Journal*
Thevoz has undertaken the most comprehensive and rational analysis
of the part clubs played and how they were enabled to do so. He has
demystified some of the aura that Trollope and Disraeli tried to
create around clubland.
*Journal of Liberal History*
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