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Informationen zum Autor Richard Shannon is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at University of Wales Swansea, UK, is the author of a brilliant two-volume study of Gladstone. Klappentext This important new single-volume study of W. E. Gladstone offers a readily accessible account of one of the most important and consequential political careers in modern British and Irish history. It is a story of how a statesman of almost superhuman energy and forcefulness of character strove to realise God's purposes, as he saw them, in the twisting and slippery paths of public service. Striving to realise God's purposes is the theme at the centre of this reading of Gladstone's life and career. For too long his intense religious faith has been exiled to the margins of the story, denied crucial explanatory power. Richard Shannon puts this right. Zusammenfassung A study of W E Gladstone that offers an account of one of the most important and consequential political careers in modern British and Irish history. It is a story of how a statesman of almost superhuman energy and forcefulness of character strove to realise God's purposes! as he saw them! in the twisting and slippery paths of public service. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Preface 1. Early Years, 1809-1831 2. Churchman and Politician, 1832-1841 3. Politician and Churchman, 1841-1846 4. A New Vocation, 1846-1852 5. Peace and War, 1852-1855 6. Becoming a Kind of Liberal, 1855-1859 7. Peelite in Liberal Guise, 1859-1862 8. Embracing the Millions: Lancashire and the Tyne, 1862-1864 9. Embracing the Millions: Reform and Ireland, 1864-1865 10. Reform, 1865-1868 11. Strenuous Government, 1868-1871 12. Defeat and Abdication, 1871-1875 13. The Question of the East, 1875-1877 14. A Great and High Election of God, 1877-1880 15. Grand Old Man, 1880-1883 16. Such a Supreme Moment, 1884-1886 17. Old Man in a Hurry, 1886 18. Appeal against the Verdict, 1886-1892 19. Appeal Dismissed, 1892-1893 20. Resignation, 1893-1894 21. Last Years, 1894-1898 Notes; Bibliography; Index ...
