Strictures on Coningsby: Or, the New Generation, with Remarks on the Present State of Parties and the Character of the Age (Classic Reprint), D`Israeli B.
Автор: Edginton, Ian D`israeli Название: Complete scarlet traces vol. 2 ISBN: 1781085617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781085615 Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK Рейтинг: Цена: 19790.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The brand new series of Scarlet Traces continues the story of HG Wells` classic SF The War Of The Worlds, taking the story back to Mars...
Автор: Hay Daisy Название: Mr and Mrs Disraeli ISBN: 0099597446 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099597445 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 16890.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Drawing on the couple`s love letters and Mary Anne`s own formidable archives, Daisy Hay reveals the heady mix of romance and power that fuelled their influence - and chronicles how the Disraelis crafted their unconventional marriage into an enduring love story.
Автор: Christopher Hibbert Название: Disraeli ISBN: 000714718X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007147182 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Disraeli is one of the most fascinating men of the nineteenth century. This masterly biography, written by an outstanding popular historian, concentrates on his intriguing private life. Superb politician, orator, writer and wit, Benjamin Disraeli was - according to Queen Victoria - 'the kindest Minister' she had ever had, who 'reached the top of the greasy pole' [in his own words] despite considerable antisemitism. He enjoyed many scandalous affairs before marrying a widow twelve years older than himself - an extremely eccentric woman to whom he remained deeply and touchingly devoted for the rest of his life. Disraeli had never intended to be a politician. He had begun his astonishing career by working unenthusiastically in a lawyer's office; he had tried unsuccessfully to found a newspaper; he had written a novel which lay unproductively in the publisher's office. A conspicuous dandy, sprightly, attentive and witty, he was attractive to women, enjoying many liaisons until he contracted a venereal disease in a St James's Street brothel. He married in 1839. 'Dizzy married me for my money,' Mary Anne used to say. 'But, if he had the chance again, he would marry me for love.' They lived in a large country house, Hughenden Manor, near High Wycombe, which he bought with mostly borrowed money, and soon became one of the most gifted of parliamentarians and as celebrated as any politician in England. As an antidote to his grief at his wife's death in 1872 he threw himself back into the political life, becoming Prime Minister for the second time in 1874, displacing Gladstone much to the Queen's delight.
Автор: John, Ian Название: Disraeli and the art of victorian politics ISBN: 1843311909 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843311904 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 167450.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This book is a comprehensive review of the political career of Benjamin Disraeli, providing a thorough critical analysis of one of the most ambitious and controversial leaders in British history. 'Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics' explores the political journey of a man propelled by a tremendous self-belief and capacity for self-invention through the complex world of Victorian political life. Disraeli retains a powerful presence in contemporary political discourse; whether in terms of current debates concerning the direction and leadership within the Conservative party or in more general areas of social and political debate such as the nature of imperialism, the dangers posed by the centralization of government power, the scope for state intervention in the economy, the constitutional role of the monarch and the meaning of Judaism in British life. Dr Ian St John discusses Disraeli's Conservative ideology and its relationship to his identity and his practice as a politician. The author brings to life the often sharp historiographical debates surrounding Disraeli's career by reproducing within each chapter views from key historians - an effective way to introduce the student and general reader to the contested nature of historical understanding. This title will be a major addition to our understanding of both Disraeli and the dynamics of nineteenth-century politics.
Автор: Hay Daisy Название: Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli: A Strange Romance ISBN: 0374536007 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780374536008 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
When Mary Anne Lewis met Benjamin Disraeli, she was married to Wyndham Lewis, a rich, mildly successful politician at the center of nineteenth-century British high society. The three became friends and with his deep pockets Wyndham helped Disraeli--young, ambitious, and swimming in debt--get his start in the political arena. Mary Anne even referred to him as her "Parliamentary prot g ." But when Wyndham suddenly died of a heart attack, Mary Anne's friendship with Disraeli (fifteen years her junior) soon evolved into a peculiarly romantic and undoubtedly advantageous marriage: Mary Anne avoided life as a widow, while Benjamin used her financial means to stay out of prison and make a run for office.
Anecdotally the Disraelis cultivated an outrageous reputation. Once asked if he had read any new novels, Benjamin reportedly replied, "When I want to read a novel, I write one." Mary Anne, on the other hand, supposedly once told Queen Victoria that she always slept with her arms around her husband's neck. "My wife is a very clever woman," Benjamin said, "but she can never remember who came first, the Greeks or the Romans."
An unusual story of Victorian romance and politics, Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli moves beyond the anecdotes to reveal the interior life of one of Britain's most influential couples. Often eclipsed by Benjamin, Mary Anne had at least as much political acumen as her husband, and this dual biography shows that she was frequently his voice of reason. In the wake of British Romanticism, Daisy Hay examines the paths available to women like Mary Anne, and chronicles a relationship that is surprising, unconventional, and deeply inspiring.
