Gladstone by Roy Jenkins

Gladstone by Roy Jenkins

From the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, a towering historical biography, available for the first time in paperback.

William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the House of Commons and was prime minister four times, a unique accomplishment. From his critical role in the formation of the Liberal Party to his preoccupation with the cause of Irish Home Rule, he was a commanding politician and statesman nonpareil. But Gladstone the man was much more- a classical scholar, a wide-ranging author, a vociferous participant in all the great theological debates of the day, a voracious reader, and an avid walker who chopped down trees for recreation. He was also a man obsessed with the idea of his own sinfulness, prone to self-flagellation and persistent in the practice of accosting prostitutes on the street and attempting to persuade them of the errors of their ways. This full and deep portrait of a complicated man offers a sweeping picture of a tumultuous century in British history, and is also a brilliant example of the biographer's art.

Roy Jenkins (1920-2003), a long-serving member of the British political establishment, was also a gifted biographer. He was elected as a Labour Party member to the House of Commons in 1948 and later served as Minister of Aviation, Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He served as President of the European Commission from 1977 until 1981. He became Chancellor of Oxford University and Baron Jenkins of Hillhead in the House of Lords in 1987.

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ISBN 13	9780812966411
ISBN 10	0812966414
Title	Gladstone
Author	Roy Jenkins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-11-12
Number of pages	768
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