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Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield summary

Britannica
Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield, (born Dec. 21, 1804, London, Eng.—died April 19, 1881, London), British politician and author who was twice prime...
39 months ago

Victorian Romance Meets 'House Of Cards' In 'Mr. And Mrs. Disraeli'

NPR
Daisy Hay's new book is a joint biography of 19th century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his wife, Mary Anne, whose fortune...
119 months ago

Disraeli’s flowery history

GOV.UK blogs
As Benjamin Disraeli's coffin was lowered into the ground on 26 April, 1881, the attention of the crowded mourners and reporters fixed on a...
140 months ago

BBC Two - Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, Series 2, Episode 5, Bringing back the bling to Disraeli's gates

BBC
At Hughenden Manor, the former home of prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, blacksmith David puts the finishing touches to a set of grand gates...
7 months ago

The 100 best novels: No 11 – Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli (1845)

The Guardian
The future prime minister displayed flashes of brilliance that equalled the greatest Victorian novelists, writes Robert McCrum.
133 months ago

A political romance: Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli

The Guardian
She was wealthy, idiosyncratic and in search of love; he was younger and deep in debt. Daisy Hay on how the marriage of Benjamin and Mary...
120 months ago

150 years ago, the UK’s first and only Jewish leader changed politics forever

The Times of Israel
Staring down vicious anti-Semitic attacks, Benjamin Disraeli became Queen Victoria's man of the people and built up the most successful party the country has...
83 months ago

Judaism’s Redefiner (Published 2009)

The New York Times
Benjamin Disraeli was a novelist, a statesman and a professing, practicing Christian, but to understand him one also needs to know that he was born a Jew.
192 months ago

What today's GOP could learn from Benjamin Disraeli

The Week
"We must stop being the stupid party." So Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told Republicans assembled at the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee...
74 months ago

Disraeli by David Cesarani review – the Jewish prime minister and antisemitism

The Guardian
A vivid and illuminating new biography of Benjamin Disraeli – published as part of Yale's Jewish Lives series and one of the last two works by the much-admired...
103 months ago