An Irish Nationalist MP and journalist reports week by week on the parliamentary session of 1893, when the aged Gladstone carried his second Home Rule Bill through the House of Commons. O’Connor sketches the personalities on every side, the tactics of obstruction, the Ulster threats and the great set-piece debates, first written for the Weekly Sun.
A lively insider’s view of Victorian parliamentary life during the Irish question’s most dramatic year. Download the free EPUB.