by Dr Ruth Clayton Windscheffel (Author)
This interdisciplinary study explores how book culture functioned in the life and milieu of one of the nineteenth century's most complex figures. Spanning the statesman's long life, it presents key case studies illuminating the constant and fundamental interplay between reading, life and politics which characterised Gladstone's world.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 01 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0230007651
ISBN 13: 9780230007659