{"product_id":"the-secretaries-of-state-1681-1782-9780367147808","title":"The Secretaries of State, 1681-1782.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark A. Thomson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1968: While giving a lucid account of the functions and difficulties of the office of Principal Secretary, the author shows clearly how the retention of this position was a characteristic example of the English habit of clinging to old forms in political matters long after these forms have ceased to bear any relationship to reality. Originally a clerk in the King's private household and writer of his letters, by the end of the seventeenth century the position had become a political office, second only in importance to that of Lord High Treasurer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929189929111,"sku":"9780367147808","price":2988.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367147808.webp?v=1771598362","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-secretaries-of-state-1681-1782-9780367147808","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}