William Ewart Gladstone: The Heart and Soul of a Statesman

Author/Contributor(s):	Wheeler, Michael
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	04/09/2025
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Today William Gladstone is known as a great Victorian statesman whose father was a slave owner and who tried to rescue prostitutes. In this biography, Michael Wheeler focuses on his complex and often troubled spiritual life, and on his earnest attempts to follow the precepts of Christianity in both the public realm and in private philanthropy.