Reviews
"...fascinating account of Bonar Law Memorial College, Ashridge" - Colin Kidd, London Review of Books, February 2016 'This is an important and immensely stimulating book. It deserves to be widely read, not as the last word on a very complex subject, but as a launching-pad for much further research and discussion. Indeed, Dr Berthezne bids fair to join that distinguished band of French historians, from Taine and Tocqueville through to Boutmy and Halvy, who for nearly two centuries have taught British readers and citizens many facts and insights about ourselves that we do not learn from our native commentators.' - Jose Harris, St Catherine's College, Oxford, English Historical Review "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -David Thackeray, University of Exeter, Twentieth Century British History, Vol 27, No. 1, 2016, pp. 144-169 "the book should thus form essential reading for anyone interested in British political, intellectual, social and cultural history in the period. Strongly recommended." - Kit Kowol, Contemporary British History, Vol 30, 2016 "For those interested in this theme, Berthezne's [new book] will be indispensable." - Andrew Gimson, Conservative Home, July 2016 "Historians of interwar Britain and the Conservatives owe an immense debt to... Clarisse Berthezne. [She is] able to bring key aspects of the new political history to bear on both the foreign policy of appeasement and the interwar Conservative hegemony. Never again can historians look at appeasement without considering gender, nor can they contemplate the interwar Conservative Party as one lacking a substantive intellectual tradition." - Matthew Hendley, SUNY Oneota, The Journal of British Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, October 2016 "Berthezne has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Volume 101, Issue 348, December 2016, pp. 806-808 "Berthezne has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Anglia Ruskin University, Journal of the Historical Association !This is an important and immensely stimulating book. It deserves to be widely read, not as the last word on a very complex subject, but as a launching-pad for much further research and discussion. Indeed, Dr Berthezne bids fair to join that distinguished band of French historians, from Taine and Tocqueville through to Boutmy and Halvy, who for nearly two centuries have taught British readers and citizens many facts and insights about ourselves that we do not learn from our native commentators." - Jose Harris, St Catherine's College, Oxford, English Historical Review, "...fascinating account of Bonar Law Memorial College, Ashridge" - Colin Kidd, London Review of Books, February 2016 'This is an important and immensely stimulating book. It deserves to be widely read, not as the last word on a very complex subject, but as a launching-pad for much further research and discussion. Indeed, Dr Berthezène bids fair to join that distinguished band of French historians, from Taine and Tocqueville through to Boutmy and Halévy, who for nearly two centuries have taught British readers and citizens many facts and insights about ourselves that we do not learn from our native commentators.' - Jose Harris, St Catherine's College, Oxford, English Historical Review "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -David Thackeray, University of Exeter, Twentieth Century British History, Vol 27, No. 1, 2016, pp. 144-169 "the book should thus form essential reading for anyone interested in British political, intellectual, social and cultural history in the period. Strongly recommended." - Kit Kowol, Contemporary British History, Vol 30, 2016"For those interested in this theme, Berthezène's [new book] will be indispensable." - Andrew Gimson, Conservative Home, July 2016"Historians of interwar Britain and the Conservatives owe an immense debt to... Clarisse Berthezène. [She is] able to bring key aspects of the new political history to bear on both the foreign policy of appeasement and the interwar Conservative hegemony. Never again can historians look at appeasement without considering gender, nor can they contemplate the interwar Conservative Party as one lacking a substantive intellectual tradition." - Matthew Hendley, SUNY Oneota, The Journal of British Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, October 2016 "Berthezène has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Volume 101, Issue 348, December 2016, pp. 806-808 "Berthezène has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Anglia Ruskin University, Journal of the Historical Association !This is an important and immensely stimulating book. It deserves to be widely read, not as the last word on a very complex subject, but as a launching-pad for much further research and discussion. Indeed, Dr Berthezène bids fair to join that distinguished band of French historians, from Taine and Tocqueville through to Boutmy and Halévy, who for nearly two centuries have taught British readers and citizens many facts and insights about ourselves that we do not learn from our native commentators." - Jose Harris, St Catherine's College, Oxford, English Historical Review, "...fascinating account of Bonar Law Memorial College, Ashridge" - Colin Kidd, London Review of Books, February 2016 "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -David Thackeray, University of Exeter, Twentieth Century British History, Vol 27, No. 1, 2016, pp. 144-169 "the book should thus form essential reading for anyone interested in British political, intellectual, social and cultural history in the period. Strongly recommended." - Kit Kowol, Contemporary British History, Vol 30, 2016 "For those interested in this theme, Berthezne's [new book] will be indispensable." - Andrew Gimson, Conservative Home, July 2016 "Historians of interwar Britain and the Conservatives owe an immense debt to... Clarisse Berthezne. [She is] able to bring key aspects of the new political history to bear on both the foreign policy of appeasement and the interwar Conservative hegemony. Never again can historians look at appeasement without considering gender, nor can they contemplate the interwar Conservative Party as one lacking a substantive intellectual tradition." - Matthew Hendley, SUNY Oneota, The Journal of British Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, October 2016 "Berthezne has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Volume 101, Issue 348, December 2016, pp. 806-808 "Berthezne has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Anglia Ruskin University, Journal of the Historical Association, "...fascinating account of Bonar Law Memorial College, Ashridge" - Colin Kidd, London Review of Books, February 2016 "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -David Thackeray, University of Exeter, Twentieth Century British History, Vol 27, No. 1, 2016, pp. 144-169 "the book should thus form essential reading for anyone interested in British political, intellectual, social and cultural history in the period. Strongly recommended." - Kit Kowol, Contemporary British History, Vol 30, 2016 "For those interested in this theme, Berthezne's [new book] will be indispensable." - Andrew Gimson, Conservative Home, July 2016 "Historians of interwar Britain and the Conservatives owe an immense debt to... Clarisse Berthezne. [She is] able to bring key aspects of the new political history to bear on both the foreign policy of appeasement and the interwar Conservative hegemony. Never again can historians look at appeasement without considering gender, nor can they contemplate the interwar Conservative Party as one lacking a substantive intellectual tradition." - Matthew Hendley, SUNY Oneota, The Journal of British Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, October 2016 "Berthezne has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Volume 101, Issue 348, December 2016, pp. 806-808, "...fascinating account of Bonar Law Memorial College, Ashridge" - Colin Kidd, London Review of Books, February 2016 'This is an important and immensely stimulating book. It deserves to be widely read, not as the last word on a very complex subject, but as a launching-pad for much further research and discussion. Indeed, Dr Berthezène bids fair to join that distinguished band of French historians, from Taine and Tocqueville through to Boutmy and Halévy, who for nearly two centuries have taught British readers and citizens many facts and insights about ourselves that we do not learn from our native commentators.' - Jose Harris, St Catherine's College, Oxford, English Historical Review "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -David Thackeray, University of Exeter, Twentieth Century British History, Vol 27, No. 1, 2016, pp. 144-169 "the book should thus form essential reading for anyone interested in British political, intellectual, social and cultural history in the period. Strongly recommended." - Kit Kowol, Contemporary British History, Vol 30, 2016 "For those interested in this theme, Berthezène's [new book] will be indispensable." - Andrew Gimson, Conservative Home, July 2016 "Historians of interwar Britain and the Conservatives owe an immense debt to... Clarisse Berthezène. [She is] able to bring key aspects of the new political history to bear on both the foreign policy of appeasement and the interwar Conservative hegemony. Never again can historians look at appeasement without considering gender, nor can they contemplate the interwar Conservative Party as one lacking a substantive intellectual tradition." - Matthew Hendley, SUNY Oneota, The Journal of British Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, October 2016 "Berthezène has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Volume 101, Issue 348, December 2016, pp. 806-808 "Berthezène has provided an interesting study that should find its way onto third-year undergraduate reading lists and thesis bibliographies alike. She charts the evolution of a particular organization which had wider ramifications for the ebb and flow of British politics. In doing so she has delivered a welcome service, for it is a fine work." - Richard Carr, Anglia Ruskin University, Journal of the Historical Association !This is an important and immensely stimulating book. It deserves to be widely read, not as the last word on a very complex subject, but as a launching-pad for much further research and discussion. Indeed, Dr Berthezène bids fair to join that distinguished band of French historians, from Taine and Tocqueville through to Boutmy and Halévy, who for nearly two centuries have taught British readers and citizens many facts and insights about ourselves that we do not learn from our native commentators." - Jose Harris, St Catherine's College, Oxford, English Historical Review, "...fascinating account of Bonar Law Memorial College, Ashridge" - Colin Kidd, London Review of Books, February 2016 "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -David Thackeray, University of Exeter, Twentieth Century British History, Vol 27, No. 1, 2016, pp. 144-169 "the book should thus form essential reading for anyone interested in British political, intellectual, social and cultural history in the period. Strongly recommended." - Kit Kowol, Contemporary British History, Vol 30, 2016 "For those interested in this theme, Berthezne's [new book] will be indispensable." - Andrew Gimson, Conservative Home, July 2016 "Historians of interwar Britain and the Conservatives owe an immense debt to... Clarisse Berthezne. [She is] able to bring key aspects of the new political history to bear on both the foreign policy of appeasement and the interwar Conservative hegemony. Never again can historians look at appeasement without considering gender, nor can they contemplate the interwar Conservative Party as one lacking a substantive intellectual tradition." - Matthew Hendley, SUNY Oneota, The Journal of British Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, October 2016, "Berthezene's ground-breaking scholarship valuably manages to open up various new avenues for exploring the intellectual history of the Conservative Party." -- DAVID THACKERAY, University of Exeter
