Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 0743256875 9780743256872 [GB]

ISBN10: 0743256875, ISBN13: 9780743256872, [publisher: Simon & Schuster, London,] Hardcover First Edition 8vo. Fine in fine dust wrapper. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
[aptos, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 0743256875, ISBN13: 9780743256872, [publisher: The Free Press / Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first impression with full number line. Some minor edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, remains of old sticky label to bottom front jacket, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 402pp, illustrated. He was acknowledged to be a brilliant debater and parliamentarian, and is still England's first and only Jewish prime minister, but there was much more to Benjamin Disraeli than his career as a nineteenth-century politician. Dandy, novelist, social climber, he often behaved as if politics was merely a conduit to a more interesting life rather than an intellectual vocation. This new biography takes four areas of Disraeli's complex character and through them constructs an entirely new portrait of one of our most fascinating prime ministers. Exploring Disraeli's attitudes to society, the monarchy, his own sexuality and his innate political daring, William Kuhn rediscovers his irreverence and sheds new light on the man and his legacy. Drawing on primary sources and much original research, The 'Politics of Pleasure' seeks to restore the core characteristic of humanity to someone who has long been judged merely another eminent but worthy Victorian. It also explores the game of politics as Disraeli saw ...

ISBN10: 0743256875, ISBN13: 9780743256872, [publisher: London : Free Press] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]