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Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister (Paperback, 2nd ed.) Loot Price: R336
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Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Christopher Hibbert

Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Christopher Hibbert

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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.

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Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2007
First published: June 2007
Authors: Christopher Hibbert
Dimensions: 233 x 169 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 432
Edition: 2nd ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-7896-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-4039-7896-4
Barcode: 9781403978967

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