Gladstone
Subtitle: Volume II, 1865-1898 (Shannon, Richard//Gladstone)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780807824863
Subjects: Biography: historical; Biography: political; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History; Political leaders & leadership; Political structure & processes; Politics and government; Great Britain - History - 19th Century; Biography/Autobiography; Prime ministers; Political History; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Great Britain; Europe; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Historical - British; Political; British; William Ewart Gladstone; Victorian Age; Benjamin Disraeli; chancellor of the exchequer; prime minister; biography; Liberal Party; statesman; religion; Anglican; Irish home rule; Conservatives; 1837-1901; (William Ewart),; 1809-1898; Biography; Gladstone, W. E; Gladstone, W. E.
First sentence: In the autumn of 1865, as the political nation began to habituate itself to Palmerston's passing, Gladstone became more than ever the focus of intense speculation, partly in foreboding, partly in hope.