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Colin Matthew's publications
H. C. G. Matthew was awarded the 1995 Wolfson literary prize for history in recognition of his work as editor and
biographer of William Ewart Gladstone.
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Gladstone, 1809-1898
H. C. G. Matthew
(Oxford, 1997)
The culmination of H. C. G. Matthew's acclaimed study of the 'Grand Old Man' of British politics: a complete biography
of a powerful personality. For details click here.
The Gladstone Diaries: with Cabinet Minutes and Prime-Ministerial Correspondence
Edited by H. C. G. Matthew
(Oxford, 1968-1994)
'Professor Matthew and his dedicated team have produced one of the great editions of the twentieth century,
from which all serious consideration of Gladstone must begin.' Times Literary Supplement
'They form an unprecedentedly complete picture of nineteenth-century government at work ... almost as important
to each pair of volumes as the diary itself is Colin Matthew's magisterial introductory essay ... Cumulatively
these introductions are forming a superb thematic biography in their own right.' The Times
The Nineteenth Century: the British Isles 1815-1901
Edited by Colin Matthew
(Oxford, 2000)
The first volume launching the new Short Oxford History of The British Isles series, The nineteenth century
describes the history of Victorian Britain not only in its political, imperial, and economic aspects, but also
in its cultural features by including chapters on women and domesticity, intellect and religion, art and architecture,
and literature. Click here for details.
Leslie Stephen and the New Dictionary of National Biography
H. C. G. Matthew
(Cambridge, 1997)
H. C. G. Matthew's Leslie Stephen memorial lecture, relating the work of a great Victorian to the then ongoing collaborative
enterprise of making a new dictionary of national biography.
Full text available here.
Brief Lives: Twentieth-Century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography
Edited by H. C. G. Matthew
(Oxford, 1997)
150 pen portraits of some of the men and women who have helped shape British national life this century, from the
archives of the DNB.
The Liberal Imperialists: the Ideas and Politics of a Post-Gladstonian Élite
H. C. G. Matthew
(Oxford, 1973)
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