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by Paul Smith (Author) "TO ENGLAND in 1748, in search of opportunity in the straw bonnet trade, came an eighteen-year-old Italian Jew, Benjamin D'Israeli, from the small town of..." (more)
Key Phrases: county occupation franchise, popular privileges, territorial constitution, House of Commons, Lord George Bentinck, Vivian Grey (more...)
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"Witty, well written, and perceptive, this is a valuable short take on the greatest Tory prime minister of the 19th century." P. Stansky, Choice

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In this fresh account of Benjamin Disraeli's life, Paul Smith looks at his unique character as a fusion of Jewishness and Anglicanism, outsider and insider, nationalist and European, Romantic and Tory; and shows how this formed his "appeal as an original and a card, the most piquant joker in the pack", a faintly raffish outsider who scaled the highest peaks of public life.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (April 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521669901
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521669900
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #427,251 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First Sentence:
TO ENGLAND in 1748, in search of opportunity in the straw bonnet trade, came an eighteen-year-old Italian Jew, Benjamin D'Israeli, from the small town of Cento in the Papal States, some seventy miles south-west of Venice. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
county occupation franchise, popular privileges, territorial constitution, household suffrage, borough franchise, small boroughs, tory party
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
House of Commons, Lord George Bentinck, Vivian Grey, Contarini Fl