{"product_id":"disraeli-paperback","title":"Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hibbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Thomas Carlyle he was \"not worth his weight in cold bacon,\" but, to Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli was \"the kindest Minister\" she had ever had and a \"dear and devoted friend.\" In this masterly biography by England's \"outstanding popular historian\" (A.N. Wilson), Christopher Hibbert reveals the personal life of one of the most fascinating men of the nineteenth century and England's most eccentric Prime Minister. A superb speaker, writer, and wit, Disraeli did not intend to be a politician. Born into a family of Jewish merchants, Disraeli was a conspicuous dandy, constantly in debt, and enjoyed many scandalous affairs until, in 1839, he married an eccentric widow twelve years older than him. As an antidote to his grief at his wife's death in 1872, he threw himself into politics becoming Prime Minister for the second time in 1874, much to the Queen's delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hibbert \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oxford. He is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the House of Medici\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe English: A Social History\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCavaliers and Roundheads. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written 'biographies' of London, Rome, and Venice, and the lives of Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth I, and Napoleon and his women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.18 x 6.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119546863751,"sku":"9781403978967","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3f0b611cc7c432d4bf1c6d82d39ee870.webp?v=1732541575","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/disraeli-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}