Reading Gladstone

' Reading Gladstone is a sophisticated study, written in a remarkably mature and accessible style. . . Windscheffel is not only good at reading Gladstone: she also has much to tell us about the Victorian Age and its Church. ' - Professor Wheeler, The Church Times

' A splendid study. . . ' - telegraph. co. uk

' Dr Windscheffel deserves to be congratulated on producing one of the most original and thought-provoking books to have appeared on this subject. . . In this superbly researched book. . . she has produced a perceptive, sympathetic and brilliant reconstruction of an intimately and yet publicly important dimension of the personality and career of one of the greatest Liberal leaders of all times. ' Eugenio Biagini, Journal of Liberal History

' Historians and other scholars of Victorian culture are privileged to be able to benefit from Ruth Clayton Windscheffel' s exploration of Gladstone' s reading and the world that he created through that reading. ' Reviews in History