Charles Bradlaugh: A Record of His Life and Work, Volume 2 (of 2)with an Account of His Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition

Charles Bradlaugh was the man who dared to demand a seat in Parliament while openly professing atheism, and his daughter wrote this book about him. Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner brings an intimacy no outside biographer could achieve: she grew up in the eye of the storm, witnessed her father's battles firsthand, and inherited his commitment to secularism. This second volume chronicles the height of his political career, his repeated clashes with religious authority, and the parliamentary struggle that made him a legend among freethinkers worldwide. Bradlaugh faced imprisonment, social ostracism, and relentless opposition yet refused to compromise his convictions. The book captures not merely the facts of his activism but the texture of his daily battles, the shape of his ideas, and the cost of holding unpopular truths in Victorian England. For anyone curious about the origins of secular politics in Britain or the private life behind a public crusade, this remains an indispensable portrait.