Description:
The founder of the modern British Conservative party has been described as an adventurer, a charlatan, a clever rogue and a perspicacious politician. These different characterizations have all had their ardent supporters as Benjamin Disraeli rarely inspired indifference from his contemporaries or later commentators.
This new lively study sheds light on Disraeli's controversial life and ambiguous political legacy, providing a portrait of one of the great personalities of the age and the leader of the key political movement of Victorian Britain.Review Quotes:
"This is a most useful biography designed for readers who have a decent background in 19th-century English politics." --CHOICE
"An admirably concise and thought-provoking biography...I thoroughly enjoyed this book." --History Review: The Journal for History Students "Guides reader(s) skilfully through the famous milestones. This is a most elegantly written and intellectually engrossing study of a major figure of natural interest." --Association of Jewish Refugees