Disraeli's Disciple : : The Scandalous Life of George Smythe / / Mary S. Millar.
One of the most intriguing relationships in Victorian history is that between George Smythe (1818?1857), handsome aristocrat and iconoclast, and Benjamin Disraeli (1804?1881), society novelist, Jewish outsider, and future British prime minister. While Smythe?s friendship was central to Disraeli?s ri...
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| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology 1818-75
- Abbreviations
- Prologue: The Wild Ass's Skin
- 1. A Splendid Failure?
- 2. 1400-1817: The Strangford Inheritance
- 3. 1818-26: Cradled in Commotions
- 4. 1826-35: George Smythe's Schooldays
- 5. 1836-7: Herstmonceux and Cambridge
- 6. 1837-8: Faber
- 7. 1838-9: 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 - and Reading Casanov
- 13. 1844: Coningsby and Historic Fancies
- 14. 1844: The Pursuit of Psyche
- 15. 1845: The Double Game
- 16. 1846: Falling Upstairs - and Down
- 17. 1847: With a Tongue and a Pen of His Own
- 18. 1848-9: Very Like Assassination
- 19. 1850-2: Diplomatic Moves
- 20. 1852: Something about the Duke
- 21. 1853-5: The Stage-Box of My Soul
- 22. 1856-7: Bed-Ridden Lovelace
- Afterwards
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index