Disraeli
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few figures in British political history burn as brightly — or as paradoxically — as Benjamin Disraeli: a Jewish-born novelist who clawed his way to the summit of Victorian power, charmed a Queen, and reshaped an empire. Sarah Bradford's magisterial biography chronicles the full arc of this extraordinary life, from Disraeli's flamboyant and debt-ridden early years as a dandy and literary sensation, through his tortuous ascent in the House of Commons, to his ultimate triumph as Prime Minister and architect of modern Conservatism. Set against the sweeping backdrop of Victorian England, the narrative captures with vivid precision the contradictions of a man who was at once an outsider and the ultimate insider, a romantic idealist wielding ruthless political genius. Bradford brings to her subject a commanding authority and a richly detailed prose style that illuminates not just the man, but the age he both reflected and transformed. Disraeli presents a penetrating study of ambition, identity, and the wielding of power, arguing that Disraeli's greatest creation was, ultimately, himself. Underpinned by meticulous research and animated by a storyteller's instinct for drama, this biography stands as one of the definitive portraits of Victorian Britain's most improbable statesman — leaving the reader to wonder whether such a figure could ever emerge again.
Author: Sarah Bradford
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Stein and Day, New York
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few figures in British political history burn as brightly — or as paradoxically — as Benjamin Disraeli: a Jewish-born novelist who clawed his way to the summit of Victorian power, charmed a Queen, and reshaped an empire. Sarah Bradford's magisterial biography chronicles the full arc of this extraordinary life, from Disraeli's flamboyant and debt-ridden early years as a dandy and literary sensation, through his tortuous ascent in the House of Commons, to his ultimate triumph as Prime Minister and architect of modern Conservatism. Set against the sweeping backdrop of Victorian England, the narrative captures with vivid precision the contradictions of a man who was at once an outsider and the ultimate insider, a romantic idealist wielding ruthless political genius. Bradford brings to her subject a commanding authority and a richly detailed prose style that illuminates not just the man, but the age he both reflected and transformed. Disraeli presents a penetrating study of ambition, identity, and the wielding of power, arguing that Disraeli's greatest creation was, ultimately, himself. Underpinned by meticulous research and animated by a storyteller's instinct for drama, this biography stands as one of the definitive portraits of Victorian Britain's most improbable statesman — leaving the reader to wonder whether such a figure could ever emerge again.