Benjamin Disraeli Letters : : 1857-1859, Volume VII / / Benjamin Disraeli; Mary S. Millar, M.G. Wiebe, Ann P. Robson.

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• VerfasserIn: Disraeli, Benjamin,
• TeilnehmendeR: Millar, Mary S.,; Robson, Ann P.,; Wiebe, M.G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Letters of Benjamin Disraeli
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Editorial Principles -- Disraeli Chronology 1857-1859 -- Abbreviations in Volume Seven -- Chronological List of Letters 1857-1859 -- Letters. 2883 - 3004 -- 3005 - 3143 -- 3144 - 3264 -- 3265 - 3390 -- 3391 - 3437 -- Appendices -- Recipients, Volume Seven -- Index to Volume Seven