Four times elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, William Ewart Gladstone was also the most influential Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 19th century. His political career covered the period of Britain's greatest power in the world, and the Liberal Party that he helped to...
Gladstone focuses on the public side of the statesman's life and on those aspects of his private life - such as his religious beliefs and family life - which most affected his career. Besides reflecting the current state of the debate, this study draws on the author's own...