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Disraeli's Disciple : the Scandalous Life of George Smythe.
In addition to the portrait it paints of a fascinating man whose public life was as earnest and idealistic as his private life was shocking and titillating, Disraeli's Disciple also provides new insights into the politics of this formative stage in British history.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Chronology 1818-75; Abbreviations; Prologue: The Wild Ass's Skin; 1 A Splendid Failure?; 2 1400-1817: The Strangford Inheritance; 3 1818-26: Cradled in Commotions; 4 1826-35: George Smythe's Schooldays; 5 1836-7: Herstmonceux and Cambridge; 6 1837-8: Faber; 7 1838-9: Pearls and Swine; 8 1840: Lady Tankerville; 9 1841: Heaven-Born Statesman or Devil-Born Orator; 10 1841: I Am a Very Zero; 11 1842: Young England; 12 1843: Worrying Peel
- and Reading Casanova; 13 1844: Coningsby and Historic Fancies; 14 1844: The Pursuit of Psyche; 15 1845: The Double Game.
- 16 1846: Falling Upstairs
- and Down17 1847: With a Tongue and a Pen of His Own; 18 1848-9: Very Like Assassination; 19 1850-2: Diplomatic Moves; 20 1852: Something about the Duke; 21 1853-5: The Stage-Box of My Soul; 22 1856-7: Bed-Ridden Lovelace; Afterwards; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Illustrations.