The Prime Minister - Couverture rigide

Trollope, Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1103490346 ISBN 13 : 9781103490349

Editeur : BiblioLife, 2009

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Noted fans have included Sir Alec Guinness (who never travelled without a Trollope novel), former British Prime Ministers Harold Macmillan and Sir John Major, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, American novelists Sue Grafton and Dominick Dunne and soap opera writer Harding Lemay. Born in London, he attended Harrow School as a free day pupil for three years from the age of seven because his father's farm, acquired for that reason, lay in that neighbourhood. After a spell at a private school at Sunbury, he followed his father and two older brothers to Winchester College, where he remained for three years. He returned to Harrow as a day-boy to reduce the cost of his education. He had some very miserable experiences at these two public schools. They ranked as two of the most élite schools in England, but Trollope had no money and no friends, and was bullied a great deal. At the age of twelve, he fantasized about suicide. In 1841, he moved to Ireland, taking up a position as postal surveyor's clerk. Significantly, many of his earliest novels have Ireland as their setting. Although he had been happy and comfortable in Ireland, he felt that as an author, he should live within easy reach of London. In 1859, he sought and obtained a position in the Post Office as Surveyor to the Eastern District. Later in that year he moved to Waltham Cross, about 12 miles from London in Hertfordshire, where he lived until 1871. He died in London in 1882, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. His literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, but he regained the esteem of critics by the mid-twentieth century.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Prime Minister is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1876. It is the fifth of the "Palliser" series of novels. When neither the Whigs nor the Tories are able to form a government on their own, a fragile compromise coalition government is formed, with Plantagenet Palliser, the wealthy and hard-working Duke of Omnium, installed as Prime Minister. The Duchess, formerly Lady Glencora Palliser, attempts to support her husband by hosting lavish parties at Gatherum Castle in Barsetshire, a family residence barely used until now. Palliser, initially unsure that he is fit to lead, then grows to enjoy the high office and finally becomes increasingly distressed when his government proves to be too weak and divided to accomplish anything. His own inflexible nature does not help.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: BiblioLife
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1103490346
• ISBN 13: 9781103490349
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 356