Disraeli: A Brief Life

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Disraeli: A Brief Life
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Smith
SeriesCanto original series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:260
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9780521669900
ClassificationsDewey:941.081/092 [B] 941.081092 941.081092
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 25 March 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this fresh account of Benjamin Disraeli's life, Paul Smith looks at his unique character as a fusion of Jewishness and Anglicanism, outsider and insider, nationalist and European, Romantic and Tory; and shows how this formed his "appeal as an original and a card, the most piquant joker in the pack", a faintly raffish outsider who scaled the highest peaks of public life.

Reviews

"Witty, well written, and perceptive, this is a valuable short take on the greatest Tory prime minister of the 19th century." P. Stansky, Choice