Bagehot : the life and times of the greatest Victorian /: the life and times of the greatest Victorian. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Grant.
• Authors: Grant, James, 1946-
• Contents: Prologue: "With devouring fury" -- "Large, wild, fiery, black" -- "In mirth and refutation; in ridicule and laughter" -- "Vive la guillotine" -- The literary banker -- "The ruin inflicted on innocent creditors" -- "The young gentleman out of Miss Austen's novels" -- A death in India -- The "problem" of W.E. Gladstone -- "Therefore, we entirely approve" -- "The muddy slime of Bagehot's crotchets and heresies" -- The great scrum of reform -- A loser by seven bought votes -- By "influence and corruption" -- "In the first rank" -- Never a bullish word -- Government bears the cost -- "I wonder what my eminence is?"
• Publisher Details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 330.092; Bankers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Essayists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Bankers; Economic history; Essayists; Journalists; Politics and government; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century; Great Britain; Biographies; Biography; History; Biographies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780393609202; 0393609200
• Related ISBNs: 9780393609196; 0393609197
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.