Mr and Mrs Disraeli : a strange romance
Hay, Daisy, 1981-2015
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Reading between the lines of a great cache of their letters and the anecdotes of others in chilly Oxford reading rooms, Daisy Hay shows how the Disraelis rose to the top of the social and political pile. Along the way, we meet women of a similar station and situation whose endings were far unhappier than Mary Anne's, acting as a counterpoint to her fairy tale ending as the landed Angel of the Prime Minister's House. In an age where first ladies are under ever-increasing pressure to perform and conform, 'Mr and Mrs Disraeli' offers a portrait of one who refused to do either, in a society which demanded she do both.
Main title:
Mr and Mrs Disraeli : a strange romance / Daisy Hay.
Author:
Hay, Daisy, 1981-, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2015.London : Chatto & Windus, 2015.
Collation:
xii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780701189129 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.081092941.081092HAY
Local class:
941.081092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1686131