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Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
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Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
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The Prime Minister / Anthony Trollope ; edited with an introduction and notes by Nicholas Shrimpton.
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Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.
Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call #:
FICTION TRO
Subjects
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
Series
Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.
Palliser
novels
; 5.
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
ISBN:
9780199587193 (trade pbk.)
0199587191 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
New ed.
Description:
xxxv, 655 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxxi).
Summary:
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.
Genre:
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.
Classic fiction.
Other authors:
Shrimpton, Nicholas.
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