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THE GLADSTONE DIARIES: VOLUME 13: 1892-1896
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| By: |
W. E. Gladstone, H. C. G. Matthew (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198204647 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198204640 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 September, 1994 |
| Series: |
The Gladstone Diaries 13 |
| Pages: |
500 |
| Description: |
The last two volumes of Gladstone's diary cover the years 1887-1896, and reveal a remarkably vigorous octogenarian. Gladstone was 84 when he stepped down as Prime Minister for the last time, but his life-style made few concessions to his age. His vast diary, together with a wealth of personal and official documentation, in H.C.G. Matthew's acclaimed edition forms a monument to one of the greatest statesmen of modern history. |
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The last two volumes of Gladstone's diaries depict the extraordinary energy of a remarkable octogenarian: Gladstone was eighty-four when he resigned the Premiership in 1894 to close his fourth administration. His pursuit of 'justice for Ireland' through the successful passage of a Home Rule Bill through the Commons in 1893 forms the political centrepiece of these volumes. But there is also a wealth of material on imperial, foreign, domestic, and religious politics contained in the daily diary entries, the minutes of the Cabinets of the 1892-4 government, and the five hundred letters which accompany the entries for the governmental period. Gladstone's life-style made few concessions to his age: his reading, writing, theatre-going, and trips abroad continue, as do his speech-making and his church-going. His declining eyesight eventually curtailed his reading and led to the end of regular diary-writing in 1894. His vast diary, which he began in 1825, ends in 1896. Its final entries are a moving conclusion to one of the most remarkable and one of the most curious documents of British history. |
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frontispiece, 4 pp halftones |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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