WILLIAM WILBERFORCE: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner, by William Hague
Hague does his fellow Yorkshireman proud, amply fulfilling the promise of his earlier biography of Pitt. An accomplished parliamentary speaker, Hague is brilliantly suited to conveying the drama of a period in which, unlike today, eloquence and persuasion played a real role. More than that he suceeds in bringing Wilberforce to life, the private man as well as the public orator.’ Financial Times.
William Hague has assumed from Roy Jenkins the mantle of Britain’s foremost politician-biographer. This magnificent biography of William Wilberforce succeeds his good debut life of William Pitt!his achievement goes far beyond an attractive prose style and meticulously accurate historical re-recreation. The insights drawn from a wide parliamentary and political experience bring to life the genius of the great anti-slave trade campaigner in a wholly new and vivid way. Evening Standard
The author has produced a splendid read for which he deserves the utmost credit. He tells Wilberforce’s story with such enthusiasm and narrative skill that, in this bicentennial year, his book seems assured of bestsellerdom. I put it down liking Hague as much as I was moved by his tale, one of the most remarkable in British political history. Sunday Times
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