Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain was a British politician, reformer and imperial advocate of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His career included municipal reform in Birmingham, Liberal Unionist politics and a major role in debates over empire and tariff reform.

David Gilman’s The Last Horseman places Joseph Chamberlain within a narrative shaped by empire, conquest and resistance, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter.