The Gladstone-Granville Correspondence [Paperback]

Reprint of this private correspondence with a new introduction which places Ramm's edition in its historical and literary context.This Reprint contains private correspondence between Gladstone and his Foreign Secretary, Lord Granville, conducted in the years 1868-1876. The correspondence is between two men who wrote to each other privately, but about matters which were, as Professor Matthew states in his supplementary introduction, 'the very stuff of official diplomatic exchange'. Edited with full scholarly rigour the correspondence sheds light on the details of foreign policy at a time when Britain was at the height of her power, as well as on a wide range of non-political matters.This Reprint contains private correspondence between Gladstone and his Foreign Secretary, Lord Granville, conducted in the years 1868-1876. The correspondence is between two men who wrote to each other privately, but about matters which were, as Professor Matthew states in his supplementary introduction, 'the very stuff of official diplomatic exchange'. Edited with full scholarly rigour the correspondence sheds light on the details of foreign policy at a time when Britain was at the height of her power, as well as on a wide range of non-political matters.This Reprint contains private correspondence between Gladstone and his Foreign Secretary, Lord Granville, conducted during the years 1868-1876. The correspondence is between two men who wrote to each other privately, but about matters which were, as Professor Matthew states in his supplementary introduction, the very stuff of official diplomatic exchange. Edited with full scholarly rigor the correspondence sheds light on the details of foreign policy at a time when Britain was at the height of her power, as well as on a wide range of nonpolitical matters.Introduction H. C. G. Matthew; Prefatory note; Introduction Agatha Ramm; The political correspondence of Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville 18681876.