Benjamin Disraeli Letters, 1842-1847 (4) - Couverture rigide

Disraeli, Benjamin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802058108 ISBN 13 : 9780802058102

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 1989

Synopsis

The 435 letters in this volume cover the most dramatic period of Disraeli's middle life - one which is still subject to continuing debate and interpretation, but the one in which the potential of his diverse talents at last begins to be realized. In his second Parliamentary session (1842 to 1847) the member for Shrewsbury establishes himself as the most exciting speaker in the House of Commons. The letters also provoke reassessment of the political splinter group 'Young England, ' whose aims are nothing less than the purge and reform of the Conservative party. In 1947, as a peader of the Protectionists, he achieves his political goal of fifteen before: election as a member in his home county of Buckinghamshire.

In this period, too, he becomes a best-selling novelist, with his three 'condition of England' novels. Finally, as 'knight of the shire' and with his debts more manageable through the help and thrift of his wife, Mary Anne, he is in a position to realize another ambition, that of becoming a country gentleman, and begins the purchase of Hughenden Manor.

Ten appendixes include Disraeli's 1847 election canvass lists, his commonplace books of this period, and a complete inventory of the contents of his London residence, the collateral for a desperate loan in 1842.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century Europe, spending three decades in British government and twice serving as prime minister, as well as being a well-known literary figure. A convert to Anglicanism, he was Britain's first and thus far only Prime Minister of Jewish heritage.

M.G. Wiebe is general editor emeritus of the Disraeli Project and was a professor of English at Queen's University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802058108
• ISBN 13: 9780802058102
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 449
• Éditeur: Conacher J.B., Wiebe Melvin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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