The Life of William Ewart Gladstone


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First published in 1903, this authorised biography of the Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone provides valuable insights into Victorian political life.




The Eastern Crisis


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The Historiography of Gladstone and Disraeli


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This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the lively historical controversies surrounding the political careers of Gladstone and Disraeli. Organised thematically around the most contested areas of interpretation, it offers a unique insight into the politics of Victorian England.




Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon


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This volume reveals music's role in Victorian liberalism and its relationship with literature, locating the Victorian salon within intellectual and cultural history.




The Gladstone Diaries


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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History


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Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history




Gladstone


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First published in 1975, this remains the only biography based on recent scholarship dealing with the whole of Gladstone's long life. `...thoroughly competent and well-proportioned.' Enoch Powell, Books and Bookmen `...balanced and judicious, this biography qualifies as a model of synthesis that manages adeptly at every stage to distinguish between Gladstone as he conceived of himself and as he appeared to the multitudes who worshipped him.' Stephen Koss, Observer







Music and Victorian Liberalism


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Examines the interaction between music and liberal discourses in Victorian Britain, revealing the close interdependence of political and aesthetic practices.