 | Gladstone 1809-1898 by H. C. G. Matthew
Buy new: £28.50 / Used from: £20.00 An excellent survey of Gladstone's life and career by the editor of his diaries, based on his introductions to the volumes.
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 | The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by Morley
Buy used from: £4.64 The first volume of the 'ur-text' of Gladstone biography. Written by one of Gladstone's ministers, it still remains an essential source on his life and career.
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 | Gladstone: A Biography (Penguin Classic Biography) by Sir Philip Magnus
Buy used from: £16.95 The classic one-volume biography.
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 | Gladstone by Roy Jenkins
Buy used from: £2.79 Jenkins drew upon his own experiences in office to provide insight into Gladstone's ministerial career.
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 | Gladstone: Peel's Inheritor, 1809-65 v. 1 by Richard T. Shannon
Buy used from: £9.52 An incredibly detailed and penetrating account of Gladstone's early years.
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 | Gladstone: Heroic Minister, 1865-98 v. 2 by Richard T. Shannon
Buy used from: £5.00 Shannon's second volume is good, but lacks some of the insight of its predecessor.
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 | Gladstone: God and Politics by Richard T. Shannon
Buy new: £85.00 / Used from: £13.94 Shannon's latest examinatin of Gladstone is a single-volume examination of his subject's life.
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 | Sir Robert Peel: The life of Sir Robert Peel after 1830 by Norman Gash
Buy used from: £18.94 A great biography of Gladstone's political mentor, the second of a two-volume work.
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 | The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain by J Parry
Buy new: £18.70 / Used from: £14.00 A first-rate overview of Liberalism's dominance in Victorian Britain.
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| Formation of the Liberal Party, 1857-68 by John Vincent
Buy used from: £3.00 The standard history of the formation of the Victorian-era party; dated but still useful.
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| The Foundation of the Conservative Party, 1830-1867 (Longman History of the Conservative Party) by Robert Stewart
Buy used from: £47.87 |
| The Age of Disraeli, 1868-1881: The Rise of Tory Democracy (A History of the Conservative Party) by R. Shannon
Buy used from: £49.95 |
| The Age of Salisbury, 1881-1902: Unionism and Empire (A History of the Conservative Party) by Richard Shannon
Buy used from: £90.00 Excellent histories of the Conservative Party during Gladstone's career, from the Longman's 'History of the Conservative Party' series.
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 | Disraeli (Lost Treasures) by Robert Blake
Buy used from: £29.53 The classic modern Life of Gladstone's great political nemesis.
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 | British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era, 1866-90 by John F. Beeler
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 | Gladstone, Whiggery and the Liberal Party, 1874-1886 by T. A. Jenkins
Buy new: £101.65 / Used from: £24.99 A good reassessment of an often-overlooked segment of the Liberal Party.
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| Gladstone and the Bulgarian Agitation, 1876 by Richard Shannon
Buy used from: £42.95 A great examination of one of the key campaigns in Gladstone's career.
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| Gladstone, Home Rule and the Ulster Question, 1882-93 by James Loughlin
This is probably the best study of the subject, the issue over which Gladstone shattered the Liberal Party and brought its political dominance to an end.
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 | Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil by Leo McKinstry
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £1.60 Gladstone's successor as party leader and PM; a dazzling figure who never lived up to his promise.
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