Comments on: Plantagenet Palliser vs. Gordon Brown http://blog.oup.com/2010/04/prime-minister/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Plantagenet Palliser, Trollope’s Coalition Prime Minister | Read, Ramble http://blog.oup.com/2010/04/prime-minister/#comment-228065 Plantagenet Palliser, Trollope’s Coalition Prime Minister | Read, Ramble Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:49:46 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=8276#comment-228065 [...] as an Oxford professor noted recently in the blog of the Oxford University Press. The blog post “Plantagenet Palliser vs. Gordon Brown” summarizes the parallels rather [...] [...] as an Oxford professor noted recently in the blog of the Oxford University Press. The blog post “Plantagenet Palliser vs. Gordon Brown” summarizes the parallels rather [...]

]]> By: Sara England http://blog.oup.com/2010/04/prime-minister/#comment-209831 Sara England Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:07:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=8276#comment-209831 I am so enjoying reading The Prime Minister at the moment, having loved the previous four books. All the way through I've been relishing the many comparisons with Gordon Brown and was surprised that there had been no mention of the similarities in the press while GB was Prime Minister. I decided to do an internet search for Palliser and Brown to see if anyone else had discussed this. One of my favourite quotes is: "He told hinself again and again that there was wanting to him a certain noble capacity for commanding support and homage from other men. With things and facts he could deal, but human beings had not opened themselves to him. But now it was too late! and yet, - as he said to his wife, - to fail would break his heart! I am so enjoying reading The Prime Minister at the moment, having loved the previous four books. All the way through I’ve been relishing the many comparisons with Gordon Brown and was surprised that there had been no mention of the similarities in the press while GB was Prime Minister. I decided to do an internet search for Palliser and Brown to see if anyone else had discussed this.
One of my favourite quotes is: “He told hinself again and again that there was wanting to him a certain noble capacity for commanding support and homage from other men. With things and facts he could deal, but human beings had not opened themselves to him. But now it was too late! and yet, – as he said to his wife, – to fail would break his heart!

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