The great melody
a thematic biography and commented anthology of Edmund Burke
by Conor Cruise O’Brien · 1992
A study of Edmund Burke's philosophy via close readings of his public speakings and private letters (the common themes from which making up the Grand Melody), with an eye towards correcting the distortions of his political opponents and later anti-Whig historians.
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