An abridged edition of "The Great Melody" which was first published in 1992 and is a thematic biography and commented anthology of Edmund Burke. This celebration of Burke's lifelong struggle against the abuse of power incorporates both Burke's ideas on the American and French revolutions, as well as his debates on Catholic emancipation and the abolition of the slave trade. O'Brien also attempts to show the Namierite view on Burke as a fallacy.
- ISBN10 1874597626
- ISBN13 9781874597629
- Publish Date 26 March 1998 (first published 7 July 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 August 2021
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint New Island Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 356
- Language English