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"The Grand Old Man" or, The Life and Public Services of The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, Four Times Prime Minister of England, by Richard B. Cook. 1898; Publisher's Union. The book is illustrated throughout. William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal and earlier conservative politician. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times (1868 74, 1880 85, February July 1886 and 1892 94), more than any other person, and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister; he resigned for the final time when he was 84 years old. Gladstone is famous for his oratory, his religiosity, his liberalism, his rivalry with the Conservative Leader Benjamin Disraeli, and for his poor relations with Queen Victoria, who once complained, "He always addresses me as if I were a public meeting." Gladstone was known affectionately by his supporters as "The People's William" or the "G.O.M." ("Grand Old Man," or, according to Disraeli, "God's Only Mistake"). Gladstone is consistently ranked as one of Britain's greatest Prime Ministers. The chapters are as follows: I. Ancestry and Birth II. At Eton and Oxford III. Early Parliamentary Experiences IV. Book on Church and State V. Travels and Marriage VI. Enters the Cabinet VII. Member for Oxford VIII. The Neapolitan Prisons IX. The First Budget X. The Crimean War XI. In Opposition to the Government XII. Homeric Studies XIII. Great Budgets XIV. Liberal Reformer and Prime Minister XV. The Golden Age of Liberalism XVI. The Eastern Question XVII. Midlothian and the Second Premiership XVIII. Third Administration and Home Rule XIX. Prime Minister the Fourth Time XX. In Private Life XXI. Closing Scenes Condition: Clean covers and spine; the length of the right side of the spine where it meets the front cover is cracked. Tight binding. No splits. No loose pages. The pages are in great condition with no notable condition flaws.the interior of the book nearly appears unread. Seller Inventory # ABE-1483831167924
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