Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I, Volume 2


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Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era - Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature. Volume 2 covers the political life of Benjamin Disraeli (Part I).




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part II, Volume 2


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Looks at the lives and politics of four of the key players in the independence and labour movements of the 19th century: Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847); Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91); Michael Davitt (1846-1906); and James Bronterre O'Brien (1805-64). Volume 2 looks at the life of Charles Stewart Parnell.




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I, Volume 1


Book Description

Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era - Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature. Volume 1 covers the political life of Lord Palmerston.




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part III, Volume 2


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This book features the perspectives of contemporaries of Victorian political figure, Florence Nightingale, who saw in her life and career a legend in the making, one of greater depth and relevance than that created by the popular imagination.




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I, Volume 4


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Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era - Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature. Volume 4 covers the political life of William Ewart Gladstone (Part II).




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part IV Vol 2


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Carefully selected extracts from biographies, memoirs, diaries, private letters and other ephemera reveal how these key nineteenth-century figures were viewed by their contemporaries.




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part III, Volume 1


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This book is based on the most powerful political figure of the nineteenth century - Queen of England and Empress of India, Victoria Regina. It illuminates the biography and career of the queen by selecting and reprinting relevant extracts from rare contemporary sources.







Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part III, Volume 3


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This volume focuses on Annie Besant, an iconic female political figure from the Victorian era. It will be vital to those studying Nineteenth-Century Studies, Women's History, the History of Suffrage and the History of Nursing.




Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I


Book Description

Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era - Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature.