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- Title Lord George Bentinck: A Political History
- Author Benjamin Disraeli (Editor)
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- Pages 382
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- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- ISBN 9781138527331 / 1138527335
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- Cultural Region: British
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Hardback. New. Lord George Bentinck is an account of Disraeli's relation with his parliamentary colleague and friend. It is not simply an account of the battle over the Corn Laws with Sir Robert Peel, but a most remarkable book, extremely readable, and full of often quoted and apt comments and descriptions. As a vivid story of one of the great parliamentary dramas in British history it is unsurpassed. The portraits of both Bentinck and Peel are both sympathetic and just. The book provides insight into mid-nineteenth century parliamentary life that remains unsurpassed. It is hard to overstate the bitterness and fury which Peel's decision to repeal the Corn Laws had provoked in British politics. One biographer of Disraeli, Robert Blake, spoke of "Home Rule in 1886 and Munich in 1938 as the nearest parallels". Friendships were sundered, families divided, and the feuds of politics carried into private life to a degree quite unusual in British history. Those who are interested…
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Taylor & Francis, 2018. Hardcover. New. 382 pages. 9.01x5.98x1.14 inches.
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