Benjamin Disraeli

The Young Duke (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1831, "The Young Duke" is the third novel written by Benjamin Disraeli who would later become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In "The Young Duke", the most autobiographical of his novels, Disraeli returns to the silver fork themes of his first novel, "Vivian Grey", mostly to the world of fashion and exploits of members of high society. The infant George Augustus Frederick succeeds to the wealthy dukedom of St James on the death of his father, whose sister's husband (Earl Fitz-pompey) expects to be ward of the young duke. Instead George is entrusted to a neighbour, Mr Dacre, a Catholic. Over time Fitz-pompey dazzles George with his glamorous aristocratic lifestyle such that George eventually moves in permanently to the earl's household when Dacre leaves the country on account of the health of his wife. The earl lines up his youngest daughter (Caroline) to be George's bride and over time is increasingly critical of Dacre...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: E-BOOKARAMA
• Altersempfehlung: ab 13 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9791220275798
• Artikelnr.: 61306333

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was born on December 21, 1804, and died on April 19, 1881. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice. He was one of the most important people in making the modern Conservative Party, helping to set its policies and define its wide reach. People remember Disraeli for his strong voice in world affairs, his political fights with William Ewart Gladstone, the leader of the Liberal Party, and his one-nation conservatism, also called "Tory democracy." He made the Conservatives the party that most people thought of when they heard the words "British Empire" and "military action to grow it," which were both things that British voters liked. Disraeli began writing novels in 1826, and his last one, Endymion, came out just before he died at the age of 76. Over the course of his life, Disraeli's writing and politics influenced each other. This made him "one of the most prominent figures in Victorian public life" and led to a lot of commentaries. Disraeli thought about running for office after he became a Christian. Since Sampson Gideon in 1770, when he was elected as an MP, there have been Jewish MPs.