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      • Volume 2: 1859–1880
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      07 September 2011
      10 March 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511795336
      9781108026789
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511795336
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.86kg, 684 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, British History after 1450, History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, British History after 1450, History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Morley's authorised biography of Gladstone (1809–1898) was published in 1903, and is a landmark of political biography. Four times Liberal Prime Minister between 1868 and 1894, Gladstone had left an enormous archive of letters, papers and diaries, which Morley (1838–1923), himself a noted Liberal politician and writer, spent five years distilling into three volumes. Although many other biographies and editions have since been published, Morley's work is still valuable for his use of primary sources, especially for the earlier part of Gladstone's career. Morley avoids overt party bias, but is understandably discreet in his treatment of more recent political events. He also ignores more private aspects of his subject's life and, as an agnostic, did not empathise with Gladstone's strong religious convictions. Volume 2 covers the period 1859–1880, during which he served as Chancellor and as Prime Minister, and controversially disestablished the Anglican church in Ireland.

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