ROBERTS, ANDREW
Salisbury: Victorian Titan
London : Phoenix, 2000.. First Phoenix Edition 938 p., num. b/w ills.on plates, bibliogr., extensive index SOFTCOVER: (Or. Wrpprs, Light central spine creases. VERY GOOD)
¶ Lord Salisbury dominated the late Victorian political scene. He was s at least the equal of Disraeli and Gladstone. Before his death at age 73 in 1903, he would spend nearly two decades as Britain’s Prime Minister, single-mindedly driving the British Empire to extend its iron grip to five continents. This multiple award-winning biography sheds uncompromising light on Lord Salisbury’s troubled family life, his transformational experiences in Australia, India, and Africa, and his dogged pursuit of political power in the court of Queen Victoria. 'A terrific piece of biography; I really enjoyed it.' Jeremy Paxman, Start the Week
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