A Character of the Trimmer: Being a Short Life of the First Marquis of Halifax

by H C Foxcroft

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Helen Charlotte Foxcroft (1865–1950) was a renowned British historian and literary editor. In this book, which was first published in 1946, Foxcroft provides a concise biography of the statesman and writer Sir George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax, also known as 'The Trimmer'. The text condenses and updates material taken from an earlier two-volume work, The Life and Letters of Sir George Savile (1898). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the life of Savile and British history.
  • ISBN13 9781107455641
  • Publish Date 1 January 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 366
  • Language English