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Disraeli: A Brief Life
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Disraeli: A Brief Life
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Paul Smith
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| Series | Canto original series |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:260 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | British and Irish History |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521669900
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| Classifications | Dewey:941.081/092 [B] 941.081092 941.081092 |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
25 March 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In this fresh account of Benjamin Disraeli's life, Paul Smith looks at his unique character as a fusion of Jewishness and Anglicanism, outsider and insider, nationalist and European, Romantic and Tory; and shows how this formed his "appeal as an original and a card, the most piquant joker in the pack", a faintly raffish outsider who scaled the highest peaks of public life.
Reviews"Witty, well written, and perceptive, this is a valuable short take on the greatest Tory prime minister of the 19th century." P. Stansky, Choice
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