BROADCASTS.com

Prophets, Priests, And Kings

by Alfred George GARDINER (1865 - 1946)

John Singer Sargent

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

---

Listen next episodes of Prophets, Priests, And Kings:
Augustine Birrell, K.C. , David Lloyd George , Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) , Dr. Horton , Florence Nightingale , General Booth , George Meredith , Gilbert K. Chesterton , Henry Chaplin , Herbert Samuel , James Keir Hardie , John Burns , John Redmond , Lewis Harcourt , Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) , Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) , Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) , Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) , Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) , Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) , Philip Snowdon , Prince Bulow , Robert Burdon Haldane , Rudyard Kipling , Rufus Isaacs, K.C. , Sir Edward Grey , The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) , The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) , The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) , The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) , The Rev. R.J. Campbell , The Speaker {James William Lowther} , The Tsar (Nicholas II) , Thomas Hardy , William Jennings Bryan , Winston Churchill