Disraeli: A Picture Of The Victorian Age
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A masterwork of literary biography, André Maurois's portrait of Benjamin Disraeli chronicles the remarkable rise of a flamboyant Jewish novelist who conquered Victorian society to become one of Britain's most celebrated Prime Ministers. With elegant, novelistic prose, Maurois illuminates the paradoxes of a man who was simultaneously an outsider and an insider, wielding wit, ambition, and charm as political weapons in an age of rigid class and religious convention. The biography presents not only the life of Disraeli himself but also paints a sweeping tableau of Victorian England — its drawing rooms, parliamentary battles, and imperial grandeur — making it as much a portrait of an era as of an individual. Maurois captures Disraeli's complex relationships, his rivalry with Gladstone, and his devoted bond with Queen Victoria with the same psychological acuity he brought to his celebrated fictional works. Written with warmth and intellectual depth, this biography remains a landmark of the form, as entertaining as it is historically illuminating.
Author: André Maurois
Format: Paperback
Published: 1980, Time-Life Books Inc.
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A masterwork of literary biography, André Maurois's portrait of Benjamin Disraeli chronicles the remarkable rise of a flamboyant Jewish novelist who conquered Victorian society to become one of Britain's most celebrated Prime Ministers. With elegant, novelistic prose, Maurois illuminates the paradoxes of a man who was simultaneously an outsider and an insider, wielding wit, ambition, and charm as political weapons in an age of rigid class and religious convention. The biography presents not only the life of Disraeli himself but also paints a sweeping tableau of Victorian England — its drawing rooms, parliamentary battles, and imperial grandeur — making it as much a portrait of an era as of an individual. Maurois captures Disraeli's complex relationships, his rivalry with Gladstone, and his devoted bond with Queen Victoria with the same psychological acuity he brought to his celebrated fictional works. Written with warmth and intellectual depth, this biography remains a landmark of the form, as entertaining as it is historically illuminating.