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Disraeli : the Victorian Dandy who became prime minister / Christopher Hibbert.

by Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881

Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.

401 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

"First published in 2005 by Harper Perennial"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-383) and index.

I: 1804-46 -- Boyhood -- A young man of high fashion -- A continental holiday -- Mental breakdown -- Travels and adventures -- 'The Jew d'Esprit' 59 -- The candidate -- Affairs -- The reforming Tory -- Debts and duns -- The member for Maidstone -- 'Most brilliant and triumphant speeches' -- 'A pretty little woman, a flirt and a rattle' -- A troubled courtship -- A happy marriage -- The brilliant orator -- Young England -- Coningsby and Sybil -- Damning attacks -- Tancred -- II: 1846-81 -- The jockey and the Jew -- The country gentleman -- The chancellor -- Marital difficulties -- Balls and banquets -- Visits and visitors -- Fêtes and follies -- Distinguished persons and private secretaries -- The 'potent wizard' -- A guest at Balmoral and Osborne -- Minister in attendance -- The widower -- Female friends -- Prime minister again -- Troubles at court -- Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden of Hughenden -- Berlin -- The 'guardian angel' -- The last act -- 'A wise and worldly man'.

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