Disraeli (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanley Weintraub
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Biography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Novelists, Jews or Jewish life, Conservatism, Elections, Great Britain, Prime ministers
- Locales: England
Disraeli has been well served by historians. Yet until now, no one had attempted a life as Disraeli himself might have sensed it. In this respect, the author’s expertise as a cultural historian enables him to bring a fresh perspective to one of the great political figures of the nineteenth century.
Benjamin Disraeli was culturally the most unusual of Victoria’s prime ministers. His Jewish grandfather emigrated from Italy, and his literary father became a confirmed skeptic and ersatz country gentleman. Benjamin Disraeli was thus born into a family of comfortable means,...
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