1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465060303321

Autore

Aitken Ros

Titolo

The prime minister's son : Stephen Gladstone, rector of Hawarden / / by Ros Aitken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chester, [England] : , : University of Chester Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-908258-50-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

941.081092

Soggetti

Children of prime ministers - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Biography

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This newly researched biography presents an intimate picture of Stephen Gladstone, the previously ignored son of Prime Minister William Gladstone, whose life was tormented by the expectations and interference of his father, his mother Catherine and his sister Mary. This wide-ranging book sets his fascinating character, caught between duty and self-doubt,firmly in its historical context, tracing his progress through the horrors of a nineteenth-century prep school, his thirty-two years as the reluctant and restless Rector of Hawarden, his mysteriously acquired final incumbency and the desolating



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391308303316

Titolo

Crvmvs of comfort and godly prayers [[electronic resource] ] : With thankful remembrance of Gods wonderful deliverances of this land

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed for Henry Brome, [1671]

Descrizione fisica

[360] p., [4] folded leaves of plate : bill

Altri autori (Persone)

SparkeMichael <d. 1653.>

Soggetti

Prayers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

An edition of "Crumms of comfort, the valley of teares, and the hill of joy", compiled by Michael Sparke.

Place and date of publication from Wing.

The title page is engraved.

In two parts. Part 2, "Thankful remembrances of Gods wonderful deliverances of this land" has a separate dated title page. Register is continuous.

"Verses of mans mortality" is printed vertically.

With a table of contents at end.

Signatures: A-P¹² .

Imperfect; Pages tightly bound with slight loss of text.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018