Joseph Chamberlain

by Enoch Powell

Joseph Chamberlain

Genres: Politics, History, Biography

160 pages, Hardcover

First published November 3, 1977

About the author

This British politician's full name was John Enoch Powell but he is always known and wrote as Enoch Powell.

Reviews

[John Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but powerful introduction into the life and political ideas of Joseph Chamberlain, one of the England’s most engaging statesmen of high empire. Choosing to focus on Chamberlain’s 1886 Split with the Liberals over Home Rule for Ireland as the ideological core of Chamberlains motives, it lays out concisely and clearly his hurricane of a career with gusto.

It is clear that Powell would have seen parts of Chamberlain’s career in his own, and would have found inspiration in Joseph’s imperial character, and solace in his political tragedy.

[Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nice introduction to Mr Chamberlain - certainly sympathetic to him. It lacks in exploring the personal life of Joseph Chamberlain in particular, but Powell's writing is eloquent, cogent and fluent as always. Good read.