Gladstone: 1809-1898

by H.G.C. Matthew

H. C. G. Matthew's writings on Gladstone are generally acknowledged to have transformed understanding of the `Grand Old Man' of British Politics, and indeed his whole age. Appearing first as Introductions to his definitive edition of The Gladstone Diaries, they have been revised and made available in this volume, collected together in paperback for the first time.

Genres: Biography, History

706 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 1997

About the author

Henry Colin Gray Matthew, FRHistS, was an editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and editor of the diaries of William Ewart Gladstone.

Reviews

[Sara]

Too tedious. Did not finish.

[Matthew Kilburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A remarkable book, developed from the prefaces to the author's painstaking edition of The Gladstone Diaries. A clear sense of the man's trajectory alongside those of the worlds of ideas political, religious and literary emerges. Still, surely, an essential read for those interested in Victorian British politics.