▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁and ▁from ▁his ▁Fellow ship ▁of ▁Peter house ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁He ▁rarely ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁university . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁in ▁Sw anse a , ▁where ▁he ▁now ▁lived , ▁Cow ling ▁married ▁George ▁G ale ' s ▁ex - w ife ▁Pat ric ia , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁long ▁conducted ▁an ▁affair . ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Cow ling ▁died ▁at ▁Sing leton ▁Hospital ▁in ▁Sw anse a ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁ill ness . ▁ ▁The ▁Polit ics ▁of ▁British ▁Dem ocracy ▁ ▁Cow ling ▁wrote ▁three ▁books ▁on ▁British ▁high ▁politics , ▁the ▁sequence ▁he ▁called ▁The ▁Polit ics ▁of ▁British ▁Dem ocracy . ▁Cow ling ▁wrote ▁that ▁" In ▁the ▁future ▁there ▁will ▁be ▁an ▁introduction ▁bearing ▁the ▁sequence - title ▁which ▁will ▁deal ▁in ▁its ▁wid est ▁aspects ▁with ▁the ▁period ▁from ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁and ▁will ▁assess ▁the ▁methods ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁volumes ▁which ▁have ▁now ▁been ▁published ". ▁However ▁this ▁never ▁appeared . ▁Cow ling ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement ▁on ▁ 3 ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁arg uing ▁for ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁" a ▁different ▁emphas is " ▁to ▁that ▁on ▁high ▁politics . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁was ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁Reform ▁Act ▁ 1 8 6 7 , ▁published ▁during ▁its ▁cent en