Gladstone
Secondhand.
William Gladstone was, along with Winston Churchill, one of the most important prime ministers in Britain's history. He spent 63 years in the House of Commons and was prime minister four times, a unique accomplishment. This book also touches on his roles as a classical scholar, a wide-ranging author, a voracious reader, and an avid walker. Photo inserts.
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"[An] enthralling biography...utterly absorbing."
--The Atlantic Monthly
"Excellent...wry, urbane, and laced with a gentle, affectionate irony--exactly the right tone for a historical monument who really was monumental....Jenkins makes Gladstone's life intelligible, affecting...entertaining."
--The Boston Sunday Globe
"A question that Jenkins's biography raises for the reader: why is it so much fun to read about Victorian politics?...An exhaustive, permanent biography, whose greatest virtue is its extraordinary worldliness. Jenkins has a bred-in-the-bone sense, almost unique among political biographers, of politics as improvisation, game, and even theatre."
--The New Yorker
Secondhand.
General Fields
- : Random House USA Inc
- : Random House USA Inc
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- : 15 November 2002
- : 0.741
- : 234mm X 155mm X 36mm
- : United States
- : art works
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