Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 - Softcover

Antonia Fraser creates gorgeous portraits of the landed aristocrats, who fought for the Great Reform Bill of 1832. It is a remarkable story told by an excellent storyteller (David Aaronovitch THE TIMES)

Fraser's rollicking history ... brisk engrossing narrative ... as a pure storyteller she has few equals (Dominic Sandbrook SUNDAY TIMES)

Antonia Fraser's superb narrative of the passing of the Great Reform Bill of 1832, one of the most potentially revolutionary moments in British politics, provides incisive pen portraits of all the major protagonists (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

Britain, 1832. The 'perilous question' of the country's corrupt electoral system - is causing uproar. From the complacent Prime Minister, to radicals calling for revolution, Fraser expertly sketches the key players in a dramatic period of British history. (HISTORY REVEALED)

[I]n her usual elegant style Antonia Fraser recounts the furore over constitutional reform as a thrilling adventure story (Jad Adams BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE)

Antonia Fraser's sheer stamina - she is now in her eighties and a national institution - is an object lesson for younger historians. The clear joy and fascination she continues to feel for her subject shine through (Lucasta Miller OXFORD REVIEW)

The book take the reader through a complex political landscape with the humour, detail and keen-eyed observations that have made Fraser one of the country's most successful historical authors. In fact, this is historical writing at its best because it actually reads like a superb political thriller (SURREY LIFE)

A political thriller - Borgen in the era of Middlemarch ... It is a remarkable story told by an excellent storyteller, with a flair for character and a rare sympathy for context (David Aaronovitch THE TIMES Book of the Week)

This is history as it should be written: lively, witty and, above all, a cracking good read. I found it almost impossible to put down (Jane Ridley THE SPECTATOR)

Not a typical summer blockbuster, but Fraser's analysis of the years preceding the Great Reform Act of 1832 is a rollicking good read, with rakish revolutionaries and reforming heroes (VOGUE)