Gladstone (Routledge Historical Biographies) 1st Edition

by Michael Partridge (Author)

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Gladstone is one of the most important political figures in modern British history. He held the office of Prime Minister four times during a turbulent and changing time in Britain's history.

Michael Partridge provides a new survey of Gladstone's life and career, placing him firmly in the context of nineteenth-century Britain, and covering both his intriguing private life and his public career. Surveying a broad range of source material, Partridge begins by looking at Gladstone's early life, education and entry to Parliament, before looking at his marriage and service with Peel. He goes on to look in detail at Gladstone's terms as prime minister concluding with his fourth ministry, when Gladstone, by now in his eighties, returned to power. He tried and failed to resolve the problems of Ireland, which had become his great obsession, for the last time and eventually retired from politics in 1894 and died a few years later.

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'An excellent, thoughtful, well researched and wholly unpretentious account of Gladstone's archetypal Victorian life, with all its energy, achievements and tension, and its dedication to the noble concepts and consolations of progress, the family and religious faith - though laced with bouts of self-delusion and touched by scandal. Whether you think of Gladstone as the `Grand Old Man' or the `Grand Old Hypocrite' this lucid, down to earth and intelligent biography will give you the broader and better informed view.' - Denis Judd, London Metropolitan University

About the Author

Michael Partridge is Reader in History at St. Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. His publications include Lord Palmerston, 1794-1865 with K.E. Partridge and The Duke of Wellington.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (April 10, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415216273
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415216272
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1350L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.38 x 0.95 x 7.76 inches

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As an undergraduate I read this book in search of a basic understanding of Gladstone's life and the major events within it. Whilst the book did yield that Partridge managed to miss out some fairly fundamental events. He did not, for instance, make any mention of Gladstone's response to Peel's factory acts, the 1859 reform bill or clause 25 during his disappointingly brief discussion of Forster's Education Act. I would recommend forgetting about this book and reading the more detailed and better researched biographies of Gladstone by H.C.G Matthew or Jenkins.

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