TY - BOOK ID - 85678719 TI - The life of William Ewart Gladstone. PY - 2011 SN - 9780511795329 0511795327 9781108026772 110802677X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - E-books KW - Prime ministers KW - Gladstone, W. E. KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85678719 AB - 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. 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 1 covers Gladstone's education, his election as a Tory, his first period as Chancellor of the Exchequer and his move towards the Liberals in 1859. ER -