ABSTRACT

This is the first book to tell the story of on eof the most contentious figures in Victorian and Edwardian politics: that of the independent-minded and exceptionally able Conservative politician, Sir John Eldon Gorst.

chapter 1|8 pages

Youth

chapter 2|10 pages

Mutiny on the Red Jacket

chapter 3|17 pages

The Maori King Movement

chapter 4|14 pages

On Government Service

chapter 5|12 pages

Expulsion from the Waikato

chapter 6|18 pages

The Lure of Politics

chapter 7|12 pages

Summoned by Disraeli

chapter 8|16 pages

Back in Parliament

chapter 9|11 pages

The Mysterious Death of Charles Bravo

chapter 10|14 pages

Enter Lord Randolph Churchill

chapter 11|12 pages

The Fourth Party: Heyday

chapter 12|12 pages

The Fourth Party: Bid for Power

chapter 13|10 pages

Interlude in India

chapter 14|12 pages

Exit the Fourth Party

chapter 15|8 pages

Ministerial Office at Last

chapter 17|14 pages

Social Reformer

chapter 18|12 pages

Education: The Confusion

chapter 19|20 pages

Education: Remedies and People

chapter 20|19 pages

The Children's Champion

chapter 21|8 pages

Return to New Zealand

chapter 22|7 pages

Fighting Preston

chapter 23|10 pages

Epilogue