{"product_id":"the-blind-victorian-henry-fawcett-and-british-liberalism-9780521892742","title":"The Blind Victorian: Henry Fawcett and British Liberalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lawrence Goldman | Goldman Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Theory - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Henry Fawcett died in 1884 he was among the most famous men of his age. From a relatively humble background he had risen to become Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge, a Liberal MP and a minister in Gladstone's second government. And he had achieved all this despite being blinded at the age of twenty-five in a shooting accident. Indeed, he was probably the first blind MP in British history. This book examines aspects of his life and career - his personal life, including his friendship with the critic and writer, Leslie Stephen, and his marriage to Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the famous feminist; his intellectual contribution to Victorian culture as a friend and disciple of John Stuart Mill; his influential role as a populariser of economic thought from his position at Cambridge; his political outlook and campaigns as a radical Liberal who often opposed Gladstone, his party leader, for his timidity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613965697175,"sku":"9780521892742","price":4342.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521892742.webp?v=1775089278","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-blind-victorian-henry-fawcett-and-british-liberalism-9780521892742","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}