Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #900346 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 819 pages

Synopsis
Originally published in 1966 by Eyre and Spottiswood a biography of the great Conservative leader and Prime Minister. Disraeli was an unusual man to be Prime Minister and was reknowned for his close relationship with Queen Victoria and his rivalry with Gladstone. In the LOST TREASURES series.

Customer Reviews

A brilliant biography of a political great.
This biography is one of the better I've read going into detail on the life of a Victorian great. It is eminently readable and very enjoyable which makes it a pleasure to read. Also due to its length it can go into great detail on some of the more forgotten aspects of his life but still be enjoyable to the everyday reader. I would recomend this for anybody especially as it deals with a figure who shaped Britain and the Conservative Party but is not as well known as he should be and has been a subject of a number of disparaging comments which don't take account of his whole life and what he achieved.

An excellent biography from an accomplished Historian.
'Disraeli' is one of the few truly great political biographies. Blakes' mastery of his subject has provided an accurate insight into the life of one of the most extraordinary statesmen of the nineteenth century, and his book makes compelling reading. From Disraeli's youth as struggling would-be radical MP to the height of his fame and popularity at the time of the Balkan crisis, Blake demonstrates an unparalled ability to judge the character and actions of this great politician with a fair and just commentary. Disraeli's relations with his contemporaries, in particular with Peel, Derby and Gladstone, are well shown and serve to portray his political stand in a light rarely rivalled in Historical studies. An excellent piece of biographical literature.