The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, Four Times Prime Minister of England

The biography traces the life and political career of a long-serving British statesman who served four terms as prime minister, recounting ancestry and education, early parliamentary entry, cabinet service, major budgets and reform legislation, the Crimean and Eastern questions, the Midlothian campaign, and advocacy for Irish reforms and Home Rule. It interweaves public policy, speeches, and diplomatic episodes with personal details of marriage, family life, residences, and final years, emphasizing commitments to liberty, morality, religion, and national reform while presenting chronological chapters, illustrative portraits, and contemporary context.