Edmund Burke: The First Conservative - Tapa blanda

"An excellent book, which unites biographical and political insights. The best short biography of Burke for nearly fifty years, and a pleasure to read."--Harvey Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government, Harvard University

"Jesse Norman has brought back Burke in triumph. Anyone who cares about politics will pounce on this book and devour it, as I did, in a sitting. A stunning performance."--Boris Johnson, former Mayor of London

"A must-read for anyone interested in politics and history.... Superb."--Matthew D'Ancona, Sunday Telegraph

"A top-notch introduction to Burke and his paternity of political systems throughout the Western Hemisphere."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"You won't find a more impressive political philosopher than the eighteenth-century MP who more or less invented Anglosphere conservatism. And you won't find a pithier, more readable treatise on his life and works than this one."--Wall Street Journal

"An engaging, highly readable, and impressively comprehensive overview. [Edmund Burke] handles the intricacies of English history and politics with great mastery and conveys Burke's character and personality as few of his biographers have managed to do."--National Review

"A superb new biography.... Jesse Norman succeeds in elevating his subject, showing what is conservative about Burke, and why he matters today."--Financial Times

An outstanding biography."--Commentary

"A lucid and thrilling exposition of [Burke's] political philosophy.... The second part of the book is pure brilliance, a refreshingly candid and discursive examination of Burke's philosophy, and how the West might be wise to readopt it."--Washington Times

"A superb new biography.... Norman makes a strong case for Burke's continuing relevance.... Norman succeeds in bringing Burke to life and championing his thought."--American Spectator

Examines the life of the great Irish philosopher, statesman and political thinker, who supported abolition, free markets, Catholic equality in Ireland in the eighteenth century while warning of ideological extremism and the dangers of a corporate state.