THE DUKE'S CHILDREN, PUBLISHED IN 1880, IS THE LAST BOOK IN THE PALLISER SERIES. AS WITH THE OTHER VOLUMES WHICH MAKE UP THE PALLISER NOVELS, THIS NOVEL IS AS MUCH ABOUT THE LIVELY SOCIAL SCENE OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND AS IT IS ABOUT POLITICS. TROLLOPE'S KEEN EYE FOR THE SUBTLETIES OF CHARACTER AND 'GREAT APPREHENSION OF THE REAL' IMPRESSED CONTEMPORARY WRITERS FROM NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TO HENRY JAMES, AND IN THE PALLISER NOVELS WE FIND HIM AT ITS VERY...
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