Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Early Years; 2 Eton and Oxford; 3 Catherine; 4 Helen; 5 Lady Lincoln; 6 Fallen Women; 7 Daughters; 8 Harriet, Laura and Olga; 9 Victoria; 10 Final Years; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Anne Isba read Modern Languages at Oxford and has a doctorate in Victorian Studies. A former journalist, she is the author of Gladstone and Dante, Gladstone and Women and The Excellent Mrs Fry, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Keele and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
'Isba's approach is a careful and informative study of Gladstone's
relations with the women who were important to him.' ~ Trevor
Fisher, History Today
*Trevor Fisher*
"...readers of Victorian Studies ought to take notice of it for the
rewarding excursions into one of the massive Gladstone archives,
the Glynne-Gladstone papers held in Hawarden. Isba's work
there enriches our understanding of three important women in
Gladstone's life: his sister Helen (1814-1880) and his daughters
Mary (1847-1927) and Helen (1849-1935)...in these cases the issue
at stake is the broader scandal of Victorian patriarchy and the
demands it places on women...The gains this volume offers to
Gladstone studies are modest but welcome and presented by a scholar
whose opinions are to be respected...The book is clearly written
and relatively free of typographical errors. The book's
jacket tells readers that Isba is at work on a life of Helen
Gladstone (the elder), and one hopes that the project gets the
support it deserves." -William R. McKelvy, Victorian Studies,
Summer 2007
*William R. McKelvy*
"[A]n impressive study of a major theme in William Ewart
Gladstone's life ... This scholarly and highly readable work is a
fine addition to Anne Isba's already well-established reputation
for Gladstone scholarship." Reviewed by Chris Wrigley in
History, April 2008
Mentioned in Financial Times Magazine
*Financial Times*
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