The life of William Cobbett by Cole, G.D.H - 1924: with a chapter on the rural rides by the late F.E. Green

London: W. Collins and Sons. Ltd, 1924. Very Good. William Cobbett (9 March 1763 � 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist, who was born in Farnham, Surrey. He believed that reforming Parliament and abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm labourers, and he attacked the borough-mongers, sinecurists and ""tax-eaters"" relentlessly. He was also against the Corn Laws, a tax on imported grain. Early in his career, he was a loyalist supporter of King and Country: but later he joined and successfully publicised the radical movement which led to the Reform Bill of 1832, and to his winning the parliamentary seat of Oldham. Although he was not a Catholic, he became a fiery advocate of Catholic Emancipation in Britain. Through the seeming contradictions in Cobbett's life, two things stayed constant: an opposition to authority, and a suspicion of novelty.  Grey boards with writing to spine and front. Handcut pages. A very nice illustration inside of William Cobbett. Some shelf wear. AB12