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Disraeli
Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
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Description for Disraeli
Paperback. A 'gripping, succinct and lethal' (Matthew Parris, THE TIMES) reappraisal of the life of Benjamin Disraeli, the most celebrated and colourful politician of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really know about the man behind the words? 'As Douglas Hurd and Edward Young point out in their splendidly written, finely judged and thoroughly persuasive book, a vast chasm yawned between the real Disraeli and his posthumous reinvention' Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES 'Not only, they tell us in this vigorously debunking romp through his political life, did he never use the phrases One Nation or Tory Democracy ... Read more
Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really know about the man behind the words? 'As Douglas Hurd and Edward Young point out in their splendidly written, finely judged and thoroughly persuasive book, a vast chasm yawned between the real Disraeli and his posthumous reinvention' Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES 'Not only, they tell us in this vigorously debunking romp through his political life, did he never use the phrases One Nation or Tory Democracy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753828328
SKU
V9780753828328
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99-99
About Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd (Author) Former diplomat, private secretary to Edward Heath (as Ldr of the Opposition and as PM); MP 1974-97. Served Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as Home Secretary and as Foreign Secretary. As a writer is the (co-)author of many thrillers including IMAGE IN THE WATER, his MEMOIRS in 2003 and ... Read more
Reviews for Disraeli
Disraeli's faults and virtues are carefully examined in this hugely impressive biography
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
An engaging reassessment of the paradoxes at the heart of Disraeli's two lives : a dandy and a gambler on the one had, a devoted servant and favourite of Queen Victoria on the other.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
What distinguishes this ... Read more
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
An engaging reassessment of the paradoxes at the heart of Disraeli's two lives : a dandy and a gambler on the one had, a devoted servant and favourite of Queen Victoria on the other.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
What distinguishes this ... Read more