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2017-06-16
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Prophets, Priests, And Kings

Alfred George Gardiner (1865 - 1946)

These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as seen before the great cataclysm of World War I. Gardiner was a British newspaper editor, journalist, and author. His essays were and are highly regarded. - Summary by David Wales

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Keyword(s): england (366), biography (335), essays (191), United States (98), Europe (56), authors (19), clergy (17), politicians (3), social activists (1)

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Play 00 Preface David Wales
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Play 01 King Edward VII David Wales
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Play 02 George Bernard Shaw David Wales
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Play 03 Arthur James Balfour David Wales
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Play 04 John Singer Sargent David Wales
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Play 05 George Meredith David Wales
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Play 06 The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) David Wales
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Play 07 The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) David Wales
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Play 08 Sir Edward Grey David Wales
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Play 09 James Keir Hardie David Wales
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Play 10 Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) David Wales
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Play 11 Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) David Wales
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Play 12 John Redmond David Wales
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Play 13 Florence Nightingale David Wales
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Play 14 The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) David Wales
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Play 15 David Lloyd George David Wales
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Play 16 Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) David Wales
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Play 17 Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) David Wales
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Play 18 Rufus Isaacs, K.C. David Wales
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Play 19 The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) David Wales
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Play 20 Prince Bulow David Wales
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Play 21 Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) David Wales
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Play 22 General Booth David Wales
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Play 23 Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) David Wales
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Play 24 Thomas Hardy David Wales
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Play 25 Henry Chaplin David Wales
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Play 26 Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) David Wales
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Play 27 Winston Churchill David Wales
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Play 28 The Rev. R.J. Campbell David Wales
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Play 29 The Speaker {James William Lowther} David Wales
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Play 30 Herbert Samuel David Wales
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Play 31 The Tsar (Nicholas II) David Wales
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Play 32 Dr. Horton David Wales
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Play 33 Philip Snowdon David Wales
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Play 34 Robert Burdon Haldane David Wales
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Play 35 John Burns David Wales
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Play 36 William Jennings Bryan David Wales
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Play 37 Lewis Harcourt David Wales
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Play 38 Augustine Birrell, K.C. David Wales
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Play 39 Rudyard Kipling David Wales
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Play 40 Gilbert K. Chesterton David Wales
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