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Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered Audiobook
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In this, the liveliest and most accessible one-volume life of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk has ingeniously combined the public and the private man into a living whole. He lucidly unfolds Burke's philosophy and offers a fresh assessment of Burke, a statesman enjoying even greater influence today than in his own time.
Kirk defines four great struggles in the life of Burke: his work for conciliation with the American colonies; his involvement in cutting down the domestic power of George III; his prosecution of Warren Hastings, the governor general of India; and his resistance to Jacobinism, the French Revolution's "armed doctrine." In each of these great phases of his public life, Burke fought with passionate eloquence and relentless logic for his ideals of justice, ideals that continue to appeal today.
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"A very accessible overview of Edmund Burke's life, work, and the political ideas behind traditional conservatism."
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“Kirk’s scholarship is wide-ranging...and of course he brings to bear his close knowledge of the vast array of modern Burke scholarship. [His]...book is both elegant and eloquent, and it helps to fill a real need.”
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“This is the liveliest and most accessible one-volume biography of Edmund Burke.”
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“The book serves as a good short introduction to Burke’s life and throught.”
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“A clear and succinct guide to one of the great conservative thinkers of modern times…There is no finer monument to Burke than this book by his most original American disciple.”
— Roger Scruton, author, The Meaning of Conservatism
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Jeremy Seaton, 5/15/2013
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" Good biography and political genesis of the great Edmund Burke. A great read, as is everything by Russell Kirk. "
— Al, 8/20/2006
About Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk (1918–1994), historian of ideas, critic, essayist, editor, and novelist, was the author of thirty-two books. Among them are The Roots of American Order, The Politics of Prudence, Enemies of the Permanent Things, and six works of fiction. He received twelve honorary doctorates from American universities and many awards, including the Presidential Citizens Medal.
About Jeff Riggenbach
Jeff Riggenbach (1947-2021) narrated numerous titles for Blackstone Audio and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. An author, contributing editor, and producer, he worked in radio in San Francisco for more than thirty years, earning a Golden Mike Award for journalistic excellence.