1 benjamin disraeli biography pdf
At Disraeli's earlier school, at Blackhcath, was a Jew called Sergius; and he and Disraeli (who was not then baptised) used to stand back when the other.!
Kirsch notes there are many biographies of Disraeli.
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And yet it is Disraeli's Character which is much the more interesting.
Robert Blake has written an outstanding biography, fair in its judgments, and remarkably comprehensive; he seems to have some affection for his subject, although also an x-ray penetration into his inner workings.
Disraeli is 773 pages long, before the bibliography and index, and I must say that I found the thorough accounts of Disraeli’s Party and Parliamentary policy debates in the second half to be excessive for my needs. It did provide, though, an interesting insight into the way factions developed, and fought each other, and eventually dissolved, within both parties in this period; and I acknowledge that the great detail would be valuable for other readers.
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