Disraeli by Edgar Feuchtwanger
An adventurer and charlatan? A clever rogue? Or perspicacious politician, founder of the modern British Conservative party? These different characterizations have all had their supporters: Disraeli rarely inspired indifference from his contemporaries, and later commentators have often mirrored these divergent evaluations. By the time he at last became Prime Minister, in 1874, he was no longer the exotic, dandified figure who nearly forty years earlier had obtained protection from his creditors by the simple expedient of election to a seat in the House of Commons. But he was still a one-of-a-kind figure in Westminster politics, favorite of his monarch but distrusted or disliked by most of the members of his party. Disraeli was a novelist as well as a politician, and he showed in his political life a novelist's command of the potent image and pregnant phrase. His speeches and writings remain memorable and influential. But any icon is open to manipulation and selective understanding, and Disraeli in particular has been claimed as a spiritual ancestor by an exceptionally diverse group of conservatives. Edgar Feuchtwanger's lively new study does justice to Disraeli's controversial life and ambiguous political legacy, providing a portrait of one of the great personalities of the age as well as shedding light on key political developments of Victorian Britain
'Feuchtwanger guides his reader skilfully through the famous milestonesThis is a most elegantly written and intellectually engrossing study of a major figure of natural interest to AJR members.' Association of Jewish Refugess in GB 'Feuchtwanger has written an admirably concise and thought-provoking biography...I thoroughly enjoyed this book.' History Review: The Journal for History Students 'The book is elegantly written and approachable, of benefit for the undergraduate student and general reader alike.' Historical Journal 'This is a most useful biography designed for readers who have a decent background in 19th-century English politics.' Choice
Edgar Feuchtwanger has published many books on English and European history, among them biographies of Gladstone, Disraeli and Bismarck. His volume Queen Victoria and Her Age has appeared in German translation, and he has written about the Nazi rise to power in From Weimar to Hitler.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340719107 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340719109 |
| Title | Disraeli |
| Author | Edgar Feuchtwanger |
| Series | Reputations |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2000-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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