Disraeli (Lost Treasures Series)

Disraeli (Lost Treasures Series) by Blake, Robert. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781853752759.

Robert Blakes masterly biography of Benjamin Disraeli, the great British Prime Minister, Conservative leader, and man of letters. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of England (1868 and 1874-80), and Conservative leader, was one of the greatest and most colorful political figures in British history. A confidante of Queen Victoria, tireless champion of England, parliamentarian of genius, Disraeli was also a superb and enduring novelist and correspondent. This monumental portrait by Robert Blake is considered by many to be one of the finest political biographies ever written. Lord Blake is former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Provost of The Queens College, Oxford, and Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. 850 pp 5 x 8