Reading Gladstone (Hardcover)

List of Figures Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: READING THE READER Sacred Dramas: the history of a collection, 1815-1896 Rhythms of Reading PART II: MAKING THE READER The Gentleman's Inheritance, 1809-1836 A Place of Deceptive Tranquillity: Gladstone's Temple of Peace PART III: ST DEINIOL'S Humanity: Libraries, Literature, and Liberalism Divinity: Gladstone, Oxford, and Lux Mundi PART IV: TRANSFORMING THE READER Political Lotus Eater to Grand Old Bookman: re-presenting Gladstone the reader Conclusion References Bibliography