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In the Ny Times-Bestselling writer of Churchill, a magnificent traditional resource, readily available for the very first time in paperback.William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, among the superstars of nineteenth century British life. He used sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the home of Commons and was prime minister four occasions, a distinctive achievement. From his crucial role in the forming of the Liberal Party to his preoccupation with the reason for Irish Home Rule, he was a powerful statesman nonpareil and politician. But Gladstone the person was a lot more: a classical scholar, a broad-ranging a voracious reader, a participant in most the truly amazing theological discussions of your day, writer, and a devoted runner who chopped down trees for entertainment.