Blest madman
Subtitle: Fitzgerald of Canterbury
By: Edmund Bohan.
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Christchurch, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Fitzgerald, James Edward, 1818-1896.; Politicians -- New Zealand -- Biography.; Journalists -- New Zealand -- Canterbury -- Biography.; Canterbury (N.Z.) -- Biography.; New Zealand -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; Canterbury (N.Z.) -- History -- 19th century.; Canterbury (N.Z.) -- Politics and government.; New Zealand -- Politics and government.; New Zealand -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "FitzGerald was wit, essayist & poet, artist, journalist, civil servant, politician, orator, singer & inspirational lecturer. First editor of the Lyttelton Times, Canterbury's first Superintendent, founder of The Press, and New Zealand's first Comptroller-General of Finance, he was arguably the country's first Prime Minister in 1854"--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-354) and index.
Cover subtitle: A biography.