This famed Payne edition of
Select Works of Edmund Burke
Select Works of Edmund BurkeSelect Works of Edmund Burke
is universally revered by students of English history and political thought.
Volume 3 presents Burke’s Four Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of FranceFour Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France—generally styled
Letters on a Regicide Peace
Letters on a Regicide PeaceLetters on a Regicide Peace
(1795–1796). The LettersLetters, Payne believed, deserve to “rank even before [Burke’s] ReflectionsReflections, and to be called the writer’s masterpiece.” Faithfully reproduced in each volume are E. J. Payne’s notes and introductory essays. Francis Canavan, one of the great Burke scholars of the twentieth century, has added forewords and a biographical note on Payne.
Francis CanavanFrancis Canavan (1917–2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988.
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Edmund Burke, was born in Dublin, January 12, educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1750 he entered the Middle Temple, London, but soon abandoned law for literary work.
The best of Burke's writings and speeches belong to this period, and may be described as a defense of sound constitutional statesmanship against prevailing abuse and misgovernment. In 1788 he opened the trial of Warren Hastings by the speech which will always rank among the masterpieces of English eloquence.
Burke had vast knowledge of political affairs, a glowing imagination, passionate sympathies, and an inexhaustible wealth of powerful and cultured expression. However, his delivery was awkward and speeches which today captivate the reader only served to empty the benches of the House of Commons (some speeches were in excess of eight hours).
One of the foremost political thinkers of 18th century England, Burke died July 9, 1797, and was buried in a little church at Beaconsfield.
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