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The Prime Minister / Anthony Trollope ; edited with an introduction and notes by Nicholas Shrimpton.

by Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.

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Oxford University Press, 2011.

Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

London (England) -- Fiction.

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882. Palliser novels ; 5.

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

9780199587193 (trade pbk.)

0199587191 (trade pbk.)

xxxv, 655 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxxi).

Ferdinand Lopez aspires to marry into respectability and wealth and join the ranks of British society. One of the nineteenth century's most memorable outsiders, Lopez's story is set against that of the ultimate insider, Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium, who reluctantly accepts the highest office of state, becoming "the greatest man in the greatest country in the world." The Prime Minister is the fifth in Trollope's six-volume Palliser series and a subtle portrait of a marriage, political expediency, and misplaced love. Nicholas Shrimpton's introduction explores the many strands of this complex novel, the role of the "outsider" Ferdinand Lopez, and Trollope's great skill in integrating the two themes of love and politics, the marriage of Palliser and Lady Glencora and that of Emily Wharton and Ferdinand Lopez. --from publisher description.

Political fiction.

Historical fiction.

Classic fiction.

Shrimpton, Nicholas.

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