Benjamin Disraeli II

by Benjamin Disraeli

Book Overview

The 334 letters in this volume cover the period from Disraeli's establishment in the Tory camp under the patronage of Lord Lyndhurst to his election to parliament in 1837. The most important issue to which they speak is the course of Disraeli's political ambitions. In 1835 the road to parliament was not yet clear, for he continued to be haunted by troubles from his past. He was beset by charges of opportunism in his Taunton campaign of 1835, and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802055877
• ISBN13: 9780802055873
• Release Date: April 1982
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher