{"product_id":"gladstone-a-biography-9780812966411","title":"Gladstone: A Biography","description":"From the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, a towering historical biography, available for the first time in paperback. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the House of Commons and was prime minister four times, a unique accomplishment. From his critical role in the formation of the Liberal Party to his preoccupation with the cause of Irish Home Rule, he was a commanding politician and statesman nonpareil. But Gladstone the man was much more: a classical scholar, a wide-ranging author, a vociferous participant in all the great theological debates of the day, a voracious reader, and an avid walker who chopped down trees for recreation. He was also a man obsessed with the idea of his own sinfulness, prone to self-flagellation and persistent in the practice of accosting prostitutes on the street and attempting to persuade them of the errors of their ways. This full and deep portrait of a complicated man offers a sweeping picture of a tumultuous century in British history, and is also a brilliant example of the biographer's art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812966411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2003 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roy Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034395930805,"sku":"9780812966411","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ece74546-42e3-4030-aa80-0914df0fe03d.jpg?v=1763594024","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gladstone-a-biography-9780812966411","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}