Disraeli

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An adventurer and charlatan? A clever rogue? Or perspicacious politician, founder of the modern British Conservative Party? These different characteristics have all had their supporters: Disraeli rarely experienced indifference from his contemporaries, and later commentators have often mirrored these strikingly divergent valuations. This study seeks to do justice to Disraeli's controversial life and ambiguous political legacy. It provides a portrait of a man of great personal fascination as well as shedding light on the political development of Victorian Britain. In particular, it uses knowledge and perceptions about his background and early life, and assesses their influence on his development as a political leader.

Edgar Feuchtwanger has published many books on English and European history, among them biographies of Gladstone, Disraeli and Bismarck. His volume Queen Victoria and Her Age has appeared in German translation, and he has written about the Nazi rise to power in From Weimar to Hitler.

Feuchtwanger guides his reader skilfully through the famous milestones. This is a most elegantly written and intellectually engrossing study of a major figure of natural interest to AJR members. Association of Jewish Refugess in GB Feuchtwanger has written an admirably concise and thought-provoking biography I thoroughly enjoyed this book. History Review: The Journal for History Students The book is elegantly written and approachable, of benefit for the undergraduate student and general reader alike. Historical Journal