The Gladstone Diaries Volume XII: 1887-1891, With Cabinet Minutes and Prime-Ministerial Correspondence

Volumes XII and XIII, the final volumes of W.E. Gladstone's diaries, depict the extraordinary energy of a remarkable octogenarian. They focus on his pursuit of "justice for Ireland" through the successful passage of a Home Rule Bill. There is also a wealth of material on imperial, foreign, domestic, and religious politics contained in the daily diary entries, the minutes of the Cabinets of the 1892-4 government, and the five hundred letters which accompany the entries for the governmental period. With Volume XIV, Indexes , the publication of this magisterial work of scholarship is complete.