{"product_id":"behind-closed-doors-9781472146465","title":"Behind Closed Doors","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London''s private members'' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted significant influence on London, Britain and places far beyond.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a chronicle, as informative as it is entertaining, of the ups and downs of London clubland, and how it had an impact on parts of the world far from London. It is packed with amusing anecdotes and illustrative examples of the growth of this quirky, unique institution, which grew to spread around the world. London, though, with its four hundred clubs, was always at its heart.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThévoz reveals how everything we might have thought we knew about these clubs is wrong. They may have started out as white, male, arist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining glimpse into an anachronistic world * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA lively and comprehensive study of London clubs ... an entertainingly readable and well-researched glimpse into a world\u003c\/i\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e[A] secretive world of arcane rules, unbelievable anecdotes and disreputable behaviour\u003c\/i\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: A fascinating forensic study of the period's networks of power. -- Ian Hislop, Editor, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGovernment\u003c\/i\u003e: We are in Seth Thévoz's debt for this splendid book, at once a scholarly work and an insider's account. -- Professor Eugenio Biagini, Cambridge University\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: This definitive study shows how smart London clubs played a crucial role in shaping mid-Victorian politics . . . Presenting a wealth of new evidence, he has produced a\u003ci\u003e tour de force\u003c\/i\u003e of scholarship. -- Dr Piers Brendon, former Keeper of the Churchill Archives and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Decline and Fall of the British Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: Skilful presentation as well as uniquely well-informed content. -- Sir Peter Newsam, former Director of the Institute of Education, London University\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: Magisterial. -- Professor Sunny Singh, novelist\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: Seth Thévoz has undertaken the most comprehensive and rational analysis of the part clubs played and how they were enabled to do so. He has demystified some of the aura that Trollope and Disraeli tried to create around clubland. * Journal of Liberal History *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Club Government: Dr Thévoz's scholarly and readable book is an outstanding and important contribution to our understanding of politics in nineteenth-century Britain. * Sherlock Holmes Journal *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: Compelling and detailed. -- David Palfreyman, author of \u003ci\u003eLondon’s Pall Mall Clubs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClub Government\u003c\/i\u003e: Excellent . . . a carefully sourced study . . . It's an easy and educative read from someone who not only researches (and then writes) well, but whose understanding of what drives politicians to do what they do is weaved throughout the book.\u003c\/p\u003e * Liberator *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739398254935,"sku":"9781472146465","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472146465.jpg?v=1720052130","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/behind-closed-doors-9781472146465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}