The Life of William Ewart Gladstone - Vol I: 1809-1859

Political biography, originally published in 1911. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affor... Read more

Political biography, originally published in 1911. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include Childhood Eton Oxford Enters Parliament The New Conservation and Office Progress in Public Life The Church His First Book Characteristics Close of Apprenticeship Peels Government Maynooth Triumph of Policy and Fall of the Minister The Tractarian Catastrophe Member for Oxford The Hawarden Estate Party Evaluation-New Colonial Policy Death of Sir Robert Peel Gorham Case-Seccion of Friends Naples Religious Tornado Peelite Difficulties End of Protection The Coalition The Triumph of 1853 The Crimean War Oxford Reform-Open Civil Service War Finance-Tax or Loan Crisis of 1855 and Break-up of the Peelites Political of Isolation General Election-New Marriage Law The Second Derby Government The Ionian Islands Junction with the Liberals Less