{"product_id":"the-cambridge-apostles-1820-1914-liberalism-imagination-and-friendship-in-british-intellectual-and-professional-life-hardback-9780521572132","title":"The Cambridge Apostles, 1820–1914; Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life (Hardback) 9780521572132","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Apostles, 1820–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA full-scale study of the world's most famous secret society, the Cambridge 'Apostles'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. C. Lubenow (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521572132, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 October 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e476 pages, 33 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 2.7 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a scholarly book, deep and learned, tightly focused but not without consideration of the wider context in which it sits.' Cambridge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers a highly engaging history of the world's most famous secret society, the Cambridge 'Apostles', based upon the lives, careers and correspondence of the 255 Apostles elected to the Cambridge Conversazione Society between 1820 and 1914. It examines the way in which the Apostles recruited their membership, the Society's discussions and its intellectual preoccupations. From its pages emerge such figures as F. D. Maurice, John Sterling, John Mitchell Kemble, Richard Trench, Fenton Hort, James Clerk Maxwell, Henry Sidgwick, Lytton Strachey, E. M. Forster, and John Maynard Keynes. The careers of these and many other leading Apostles are traced, through parliament, government, letters, and in public school and university reform. The book also makes an important contribution in discussing the role of liberalism, imagination and friendship at the intersection of the life of learning and public life. This is a major contribution to the intellectual and social history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and to the history of the University of Cambridge. It demonstrates in impressive depth just how and why the Apostles forged original themes in modern intellectual life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the Apostles and intellectual and professional life\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Cambridge Conversazione Society and the formation of friendship\u003cbr\u003e 2. The social background, education and careers of the Cambridge Apostles\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Apostles and the great world: parliament, government, the civil service and the law\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Apostles and the great world: journalism, letters and clubs\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Apostles and learning: the public schools\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Apostles and learning: the universities\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Apostles, religion and the crisis of belief\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: the Cambridge Apostles: a biographical directory\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912994251032,"sku":"9780521572132","price":96.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521572132i_a4e36b51-de76-4251-9bce-494d2ecdc3dc.jpg?v=1691369911","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-apostles-1820-1914-liberalism-imagination-and-friendship-in-british-intellectual-and-professional-life-hardback-9780521572132","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}