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A history of the House of Lords / Lord Longford ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Longford. by
Edition: [New edition].
Publication details: Stroud : Sutton Publishing, 1999
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Aristocratic century : the peerage of eighteenth-century England / John Cannon. by
Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1984
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Constitutional reform of national legislatures : bicameralism under pressure / edited by Richard Albert, Antonia Baraggia, Cristina Fasone. by Publisher: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019
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Honour, interest & power : an illustrated history of the House of Lords, 1660-1715 / edited by Ruth Paley and Paul Seaward ; with Beverly Adams, Robin Eagles and Charles Littleton. by
Publication details: Woodbridge : Published for the History of Parliament Trust by the Boydell Press, 2010
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House of Lords or senate? / by Cuthbert Headlam and Duff Cooper. by
Publication details: London : Rich and Cowan, 1932
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House of Lords reform since 1911 : must the Lords go? / Peter Dorey, Alexandra Kelso. by Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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House of Lords reform since 1911 : must the Lords go? / Peter Dorey [and] Alexandra Kelso. by
Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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How to abolish the Lords / Stuart Bell. by Series: Fabian tract ; 476
Publication details: London : Fabian Society, 1981
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Lady in the Lords / Jane Ewart-Biggs. by
Publication details: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988
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Legitimacy and bicameral strength : a case study of the House of Lords / Meg Russell, Maria Sciara. by
Publication details: [London : Constitution Unit, 2006]
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Peers and bureaucrats : two problems of English government / by Ramsay Muir. by
Publication details: London : Constable, 1910
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Peers, politics and power : the House of Lords, 1603-1911 / edited by Clyve Jones and David L. Jones. by
Publication details: London : Hambledon, 1986
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Reform of the House of Lords / Philip Norton. by Series: Pocket politicsPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017
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Reforming the Lords / Jeremy Mitchell and Anne Davies. by
Publication details: London : Institute for Public Policy Research, 1993
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The functions of an English second chamber / by G.B. Roberts. by
Publication details: London : Allen & Unwin, 1926
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The Harvester biographical dictionary of life peers / compiled by W.D. Rubinstein. by
Publication details: Hemel Hempstead : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991
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The House of Lords : from Saxon wargods to a modern senate / John Wells. by
Publication details: London : Sceptre, 1998
Other title:
  • House of Lords : from Saxon wargods to a modern senate : an anecdotal history
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The House of Lords : a thousand years of British tradition / the Manorial Society of Great Britain. by
Publication details: London : Smith's Peerage Limited, 1994
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The House of Lords : its constitution and functions / Nicholas Baldwin. by Series: Discussion paper (Exeter Research Group) ; 9
Publication details: [Exeter] : [Exeter Research Group], 1982
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The House of Lords : its history, rights, and uses, with a short summary of the past actions of some of our old nobility / by Thomas Fielding. by
Edition: 5th ed.
Publication details: London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1907
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The House of Lords / Donald Shell. by
Publication details: Deddington : Philip Allan, 1988
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The House of Lords / Donald Shell. by
Edition: [New ed.]
Publication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007
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The House of Lords 1660-1715 / Ruth Paley. by Series: History of ParliamentPublisher: Cambridge : Published for the History of Parliament Trust by Cambridge University Press, 2016
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The House of Lords and contemporary politics,1911-1957 / by P. A. Bromhead. by
Publication details: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958
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The House of Lords in British politics and society : 1815-1911 / by E.A. Smith. by Series: Studies in modern history
Publication details: London : Longman, 1992
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The House of Lords in the Middle Ages : a history of the English House of Lords to 1540 / by J. Enoch Powell and Keith Wallis. by
Publication details: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968
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The House of Lords, 1604-29 / [edited by] Andrew Thrush. by Series: History of ParliamentPublisher: Cambridge : Published for the History of Parliament Trust by Cambridge University Press, 2021
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The origin of the introduction of peers in the House of Lords / by Sir Anthony Wagner and J.C. Sainty. by
Publication details: Oxford : Society of Antiquaries of London, 1967
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