Arts and Arms

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Arts and Arms is written by M. John Cardwell and published by Manchester University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0719066182 (ISBN 10) and 9780719066184 (ISBN 13).

Protagonists featured include: William Pitt; Henry Fox; the Duke of Newcastle; Lord Bute; George II and III; and Britain's ally Frederick II of Prussia. By placing literary works in a close political context they test the accuracy of the information conveyed against the correspondence and memoirs of politicians and parliamentary debates. The degree to which literature not only recorded, but also helped to shape political attitudes, is explored by its interaction with these and other expressions of opinion, such as popular protest and extra-parliamentary initiatives.