| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
401 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"First published in 2005 by Harper Perennial"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-383) and index. |
| Contents |
I: 1804-46 -- Boyhood -- A young man of high fashion -- A continental holiday -- Mental breakdown -- Travels and adventures -- 'The Jew d'Esprit' 59 -- The candidate -- Affairs -- The reforming Tory -- Debts and duns -- The member for Maidstone -- 'Most brilliant and triumphant speeches' -- 'A pretty little woman, a flirt and a rattle' -- A troubled courtship -- A happy marriage -- The brilliant orator -- Young England -- Coningsby and Sybil -- Damning attacks -- Tancred -- II: 1846-81 -- The jockey and the Jew -- The country gentleman -- The chancellor -- Marital difficulties -- Balls and banquets -- Visits and visitors -- Fêtes and follies -- Distinguished persons and private secretaries -- The 'potent wizard' -- A guest at Balmoral and Osborne -- Minister in attendance -- The widower -- Female friends -- Prime minister again -- Troubles at court -- Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden of Hughenden -- Berlin -- The 'guardian angel' -- The last act -- 'A wise and worldly man'. |
| Subject |
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1403972702 cloth |
| Standard No. |
9781403972705 |
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