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Encyclopedia of Marxism: Gladstone
A Marxist view of Gladstone's achievements.

Letter to a disgruntled tax-payer
Sent three days after his first Budget Speech, which was "one of the most wonderful passages of persuasive reasoning in the records of Parliament", but had failed to persuade this taxpayer why he should pay £2 1s. 8d. per annum extra.

The Election of 1885 and Home Rule for Ireland
A discussion of the events shown in letters of the time.

"To a Rejected Sonnet"
A sonnet by Gladstone.

Head of Gladstone
Statue at the Wool Exchange, Bradford.

Greenwich 2000: William Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone 1809 - 1898. A clearly written piece, with timeline.

William Gladstone
A political history of Gladstone, with quotes, bibliography, a drawing of the young Gladstone, and a later cartoon by Tenniel.

Gladstone, William Ewart
In The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition.

Gladstone in Cornell University's 'Making of America'
An archive of letters and books by or about Gladstone; most viewable in facsimile or downloadable as (OCR) text. N.B. also click Next as most are on the next page.

Gladstone's Library
St Deiniol's in Flintshire was founded by Gladstone to contain his private library, which he gave to the nation. Britain's only residential library, the site includes how to get there and accommodation rates.


Society: History: By Time Period: Nineteenth Century






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