{"product_id":"2026600000320-secondhand-alfred-deakin-a-biography-two-volume-set","title":"Alfred Deakin: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: both 1st editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Vol I NO DJ. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of Australian political biography, J. A. La Nauze's Alfred Deakin: A Biography chronicles the life of one of the most intellectually gifted and morally complex figures in the nation's founding era. Deakin served three times as Prime Minister of Australia in the early twentieth century, and La Nauze meticulously details his pivotal role in shaping the federation, crafting landmark legislation, and navigating the turbulent currents of a young democracy finding its identity. Written with scholarly precision yet animated by genuine admiration, the biography presents Deakin not merely as a statesman but as a man of profound literary sensibility, spiritual searching, and rhetorical brilliance. La Nauze draws on Deakin's extensive private writings and correspondence to uncover the inner life behind the public persona, illustrating the tensions between ambition and idealism that defined his career. First published in 1965 and widely regarded as the definitive account of its subject, this authoritative two-volume work remains an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the character and conscience of Australian liberalism at its origins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48763125891291,"sku":"2026600000320-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/20bdff6a-a32f-427a-a9a0-78230938e143.png?v=1778498873","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000320-secondhand-alfred-deakin-a-biography-two-volume-set","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}