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Gladstone is not the only British Prime Minister whose reputation has been immortalised by one great event in a long career. For Winston Churchill it was his premiership during the Second World War; for Gladstone it was his pursuit of Home Rule for Ireland. But there is a significant difference between these two careers, in that Churchill’s wartime leadership rescued his reputation from one of persistent failure and disappointment in the previous two decades. Gladstone’s reputation was secure long before his passionate adoption of the cause of Irish self-government.
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Boyce, D.G. (2010). Introduction: Tracts for the times? The enduring appeal of Gladstone and Ireland. In: Boyce, D.G., O’Day, A. (eds) Gladstone and Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292451_1
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