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Disraeli's disciple : the scandalous life of George Smythe /

"One of the most intriguing relationships in Victorian history is that between George Smythe (1818-57), handsome aristocrat and iconoclast, and Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), society novelist, Jewish outsider, and future British prime minister. While Smythe's friendship was central to Disrae...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Millar, Mary S., 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2006.
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  • ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chronology 1818â€?75""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Prologue: The Wild Ass's Skin""; ""1 A Splendid Failure?""; ""2 1400â€?1817: The Strangford Inheritance""; ""3 1818â€?26: Cradled in Commotions""; ""4 1826â€?35: George Smythe's Schooldays""; ""5 1836â€?7: Herstmonceux and Cambridge""; ""6 1837â€?8: Faber""; ""7 1838â€?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 â€? and Reading Casanova""
  • ""13 1844: Coningsby and Historic Fancies""""14 1844: The Pursuit of Psyche""; ""15 1845: The Double Game""; ""16 1846: Falling Upstairs â€? and Down""; ""17 1847: With a Tongue and a Pen of His Own""; ""18 1848â€?9: Very Like Assassination""; ""19 1850â€?2: Diplomatic Moves""; ""20 1852: Something about the Duke""; ""21 1853â€?5: The Stage-Box of My Soul""; ""22 1856â€?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""
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