Mary Gladstone by Sheila Gooddie
An intriguing account of a woman at the heart of world politics, half a century before women had the vote The world was at a point of transition between the Victorian age and the modern world of the twentieth century. The Ottoman Empire was in decline, the European states were jostling for power in Africa, industrialization and the coming of the railway age had transformed society and the working man and woman were starting to fight for their right to education, suffrage and a better way of life. Mary Gladstone was daughter and private secretary to William Gladstone, the eminent Liberal Prime Minister of the later Victorian age. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s she was at the heart of British politics, campaigning for her father, dealing with official correspondence and controlling access to the Prime Minister as well as disseminating and controlling information from the PM both to the press and to his ministers. This biography of Mary focuses on the period during which she was working with her father up to his death in 1898. It covers a crucial period in British history including Gladstonea s attempts to give home rule to Ireland, brinkmanship in the Balkans, the height of the Empire and domestic reform such as universal male suffrage and elementary education for all. Sheila Gooddie is now a full time writer and author of two previous books. aeo An insight into the workings of politics in the final years of the Victorian era and at the height of the days of Empire aeo Adds a different perspective on William Gladstone, a giant of the Victorian age aeo Based on private letters as well as official documentation
a a new female revolutionary has finally made her mark in an exciting new biographya (Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, 26 March 2003) "!modest and readable account!Sheila Goodie's biography is graceful, gripping and compact!" (Sunday Telegraph, 20 April 2003) "!Shielas Goodie's biography, told from Mary's point of view with close attention to historical detail!" (Aberdeen Press & Journal, 10 May 2003) "!she knows how to tell a good story, and the book is a gripping read!" (The Spectator, 24 May 2003)
Sheila Gooddie is a writer and former teacher. She returned to study for an honours degree in English Language and Literature at Manchester University in the late 1970s; discovered a delight in research and became fascinated with the art and craft of biography. Her previous books include The Summers of Shotton, co--written with the late Brian Redhead, and Annie Horniman: A Pioneer in the Theatre. She stumbled upon Mary Gladstone by chance. Her curiosity deepened over years of research on this daughter, who alone amongst her four brothers and two sisters, became a all--sufficinga to her father in his second term of office as Prime Minister in the 1880s, when Britaina s influence extended into all corners of the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780470854235 |
| ISBN 10 | 0470854235 |
| Title | Mary Gladstone |
| Author | Sheila Gooddie |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-03-21 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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