Gladstone and Women

by Anne Isba

Book Overview

William Gladstone, 'The Grand Old Man' of nineteenth-century politics, was Prime Minister four times. Throughout his life, women, including Queen Victoria (with whom he had a somewhat strained relationship - she famously describing him as a 'half-mad firebrand') were of great importance to him. Because he documented his reaction to people and events copiously in his diary and many letters, we know a great deal about his attitudes towards them -...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847250262
• ISBN13: 9781847250261
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"