WELLS, John THE HOUSE OF LORDS. From Saxon Wargods to a Modern Senate. An Anecdotal History , London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997.

First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 0340649283 Book in fine condition. Very good condition, Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at top spin edge, 2cms closed tear on back cover by top outer corner edge. xxi, 298pp, including Select Bibliography and Index. With 37 illustrations. On endpapers - A plan of the foundations of the Old Palace of Westminster drawn in 1807. Explaining the historical origins of their bizarre rituals, the author throws light on the present-day institution and its possible future. In a series of dramatic flashbacks. including the murder of Thomas Beckett, Cromwell's abolition of the Lords and the Great Reform Bill. By way of a description of the old Palace of Westminster before the fire of 1834 and a guide to the present building, the author brings us to the modern political arena with Wedgwood Benn's famous renunciation of his father's peerage, gives a Press Gallery view of the Great Maastricht Debate, talks to Black Rod, penetrates the inner sanctum of the Lord Great Chamberlain's Chamber, and meets the guardian of the Kremlin, a place of mystery under the Victoria Tower, etc. (Book ref. 6895)  £15.00

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