The Lost Prime Minister: A Life of Sir Charles Dilke

by David Nicholls

Sir Charles Dilke's claim to a leading place in the pantheon of Victorian radicalism, with Cobden, Bright and Chamberlain, has been overshadowed by the sensational divorce case in 1886 that ruined his career. Yet his political abilities were great and his career a most remarkable one. He was regarded by many of his contemporaries as a likely successor to Gladstone and a probable future Prime Minister. It can be argued that his political eclipse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852851252
• ISBN13: 9781852851255
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"