Download or read book Edmund Burke written by F. P. Lock and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full, scholarly biography of Burke for over a generation, to be completed in two volumes. The first volume covers the years between 1730-1784, and describes his Irish upbringing and education, early writing, and his parliamentary career throughout the momentous years of the American War of Independence.