DISRAELI: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister - Brossura

Hibbert, Christopher

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1403978964 ISBN 13: 9781403978967

Casa editrice: Griffin, 2007

Riassunto

To Thomas Carlyle he was "not worth his weight in cold bacon," but, to Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli was "the kindest Minister" she had ever had and a "dear and devoted friend." In this masterly biography by England's "outstanding popular historian" (A.N. Wilson), Christopher Hibbert reveals the personal life of one of the most fascinating men of the nineteenth century and England's most eccentric Prime Minister. A superb speaker, writer, and wit, Disraeli did not intend to be a politician. Born into a family of Jewish merchants, Disraeli was a conspicuous dandy, constantly in debt, and enjoyed many scandalous affairs until, in 1839, he married an eccentric widow twelve years older than him. As an antidote to his grief at his wife's death in 1872, he threw himself into politics becoming Prime Minister for the second time in 1874, much to the Queen's delight.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Christopher Hibbert was born in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oxford. He is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici; The English: A Social History; and Cavaliers and Roundheads. He has also written 'biographies' of London, Rome, and Venice, and the lives of Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth I, and Napoleon and his women.

Product Description:

Book by Hibbert Christopher

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1403978964
• ISBN 13: 9781403978967
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 424