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Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P (Paperback)
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Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries, Volume 2
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This is a lively two-volume biography, first published in 1893, of
the influential Victorian businessman and politician W. H. Smith
(1825 1891), whose father and uncle established the well-known
stationery and bookselling business. The author, Herbert Maxwell
(1845-1932), was a Scottish essayist and Conservative Member of
Parliament who greatly admired Smith's human qualities and had
access to his personal papers. In this second volume, Maxwell
narrates Smith's career from 1878 to 1891 as the First Lord of the
Admiralty, revealing his political stamina during a time of
economic hardship and conflicts in Afghanistan and among the Zulu.
Extracts from his personal letters show the emotional burden of his
responsibilities. Smith did not disguise his connection to the
commercial middle class. Instead, he approached his political life
with the same pragmatic wisdom he cultivated in business, and
Maxwell emphasises how Smith strove to relieve the burdens of
ordinary citizens.
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