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The Lost Prime Minister (Hardcover)
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Sir Charles Dilke's claim to a leading place in the pantheon of
Victorian radicalism, with Cobden, Bright and Chamberlain, has been
overshadowed by the sensational divorce case in 1886 that ruined
his career. Yet his political abilities were great and his career a
most remarkable one. He was regarded by many of his contemporaries
as a likely successor to Gladstone and a probable future Prime
Minister. It can be argued that his political eclipse was a crucial
contributing factor to the Liberal Party's failure to provide a
viable alternative to the rise of the Labour Party.
This is the first new biography of Dilke since Roy Jenkins' "Sir
Charles Dilke: A Victorian Tragedy," published in 1958. David
Nicholls has used substantial new material to provide what is
likely to be the definitive work on Dilke, shedding new light on
his character, personal life and political career, as well as on
the famous divorce scandal. This highly readable book is both an
account of a remarkable man and an important contribution to the
understanding of Victorian politics.
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