Benjamin Disraeli was perhaps the most colourful Prime Minister in British history. This seventh volume of the highly acclaimed Benjamin Disraeli Letters edition shows also that he was a dedicated, resourceful, and farsighted statesman. It contains 670 letters written between 1857 and 1859. They address friends, family, political colleagues, and, not least, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
During this period, Disraeli shepherded a fragile Conservative government through the Indian Mutiny, the Second Opium War with China, the Orsini bomb plot, and the Franco-Austrian-Piedmontese War, only to fail at home over parliamentary reform. Day-by-day politics and behind-the-scenes strategy dominate, while lighter-hearted letters to friends and family reveal the private Disraeli?s charm and wit.
With an appendix of 115 newly found letters dating from 1825, as well as information on 219 unfound letters, full annotations to each letter, an exhaustive name-and-subject index and a comprehensive introduction, this volume will be a vital resource for new understanding of this enigmatic statesman.
Authors
Benjamin Disraeli, Mary S. Millar, Ann P. Robson, M.G. Wiebe
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 941.081/92/4
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-uk---
- ISBN
- 9781442671300 0802087280
- LCCN
- DA564.B3
- LCCN Item number
- A4 1982 v.7eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (650 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00602320 (OCoLC)759101415 (CaOOCEL)418506
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Illustrations 7
- Acknowledgements 8
- Introduction 10
- Editorial Principles 25
- Disraeli Chronology 1857-1859 27
- Abbreviations in Volume Seven 42
- Chronological List of Letters 1857-1859 47
- Letters 70
- Appendices 510
- I: Pre-1857 Letters Newly Found 510
- II: The Derby government of 1858-1859 581
- III: Disraeli's memorandum on administrative reform 588
- IV: Disraeli's memoirs, extracts 1857-1859 589
- Recipients, Volume Seven 591
- A 591
- B 591
- C 591
- D 591
- E 592
- F 592
- G 592
- H 592
- I 592
- J 592
- K 592
- L 592
- M 593
- N 593
- O 593
- P 593
- R 593
- S 593
- T 593
- V 593
- W 594
- Index to Volume Seven 595
- A 595
- B 596
- C 599
- D 604
- E 616
- F 617
- G 618
- H 620
- I 622
- J 623
- K 624
- L 624
- M 628
- N 630
- O 631
- P 632
- Q 635
- R 635
- S 637
- T 640
- U 642
- V 642
- W 643
- X 645
- Y 645
- Z 645
