Disraeli: A Biography

by Stanley Weintraub

Book Overview

Offering new perspectives on the Victorian era's political and literary giant, this portrait chronicles Disraeli's brilliant and varied career, set against the backdrop of the British Empire at its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525936688
• ISBN13: 9780525936688
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Disraeli -- A Scholarly View

I found this book to be a solid, scholarly biography of Benjamin Disraeli. The subject is thoroughly researched and presented in great detail. One will certainly come away with great insight into the Prime Minister who Queen Victoria so adored. But Weintraub's book is so detailed and his prose can be so very dry in places, that one finds oneself sometimes plodding along. I found Christopher Hibbert's biography (Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister) to be superior. Hibbert's prose is more lively, and one comes away feeling that they have gotten to know "Dizzy" far more intimately. Having said that, however, Weintraub's Disraeli is certainly well worth the effort.

Disraeli

Dr. Stanley Weintraub's biography of Ben Disraeli is excellent. The scholarship is at the top. The only other biography that I would consider but I have some reservations is the one by Lord Blake the problem with his as compared to Dr. Weintraub's is it is too thick. This one spends plenty of time on his political and publishing career. I thoughly enjoy the biography, and for all those who harken back to a time when are politicans had some flare and style will enjoy this book.