Lives of Victorian Political Figures
Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part IV: John Stuart Mill, Thomas Hill Green, William Morris and Walter Bagehot by their Contemporaries
1st Edition
By William A Hay
September 01, 2009
Carefully selected extracts from biographies, memoirs, diaries, private letters and other ephemera reveal how these key nineteenth-century figures were viewed by their contemporaries....
Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part III: Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Annie Besant and Millicent Garrett Fawcett by their Contemporaries
1st Edition
By Nancy Fix Anderson
October 10, 2008
The third set in this successful series focuses on four iconic female political figures from the Victorian era: Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Annie Besant (1847-1933) and Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929).Wide-ranging political issues are addressed such as ...
Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part II: Daniel O'Connell, James Bronterre O'Brien, Charles Stewart Parnell and Michael Davitt by their Contemporaries
1st Edition
By Michael Partridge
January 01, 2007
Looks at the lives and politics of four of the key players in the independence and labour movements of the 19th century: Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847); Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91); Michael Davitt (1846-1906); and James Bronterre O'Brien (1805-64)....
Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I: Palmerston, Disraeli and Gladstone by their Contemporaries
1st Edition
By Michael Partridge
April 01, 2006
Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era - Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, ...