Richard Gaunt & Nancy LoPatin-Lummis 
Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I, Volume 1 [PDF ebook] 
Palmerston, Disraeli and Gladstone by their Contemporaries

Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era — Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature. Volume 1 covers the political life of Lord Palmerston.