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William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli were the fiercest political rivals of the nineteenth century. Their intense mutual hatred was both ideologically driven and deeply personal. Their vitriolic duels, carried out over decades, lend profound insight into the social and political currents that dominated Victorian England. To Disraeli a legendary dandy descended from Sephardic Jews his antagonist was an "unprincipled maniac" characterized by an "extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy, and superstition." For the conservative aristocrat Gladstone, his rival was "the Grand Corrupter," whose destruction he plotted "day and night, week by week, month by month." In the tradition of Roy Jenkins and A. N. Wilson, Richard Aldous has written an outstanding political biography, giving us the first dual portrait of this intense and momentous rivalry. Aldous's vivid narrative style by turns powerful, witty, and stirring brings new life to the Gladstone and Disraeli story and confirms a perennial truth: in politics, everything is personal."

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[The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone Vs. Disraeli]The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone Vs. Disraeli BY Aldous, Richard(Author)Hardcover
Review:
'...a narrative historian of great verve and dash...This is a
first-class historical drama, expertly told.' -- Literary Review, October 2006

'Aldous's method is selective and very clever...The result is a
hugely enjoyable joint biography.' -- The Independent, October 10, 2006

'Fascinating...No two men did more [...] to establish the
personality politics that have become such a feature of modern politics.' -- Sunday Business Post, October 29, 2006

'This book is a romp. Aldous writes fluent, vivid prose and he
excels at scene-setting...entertaining and thought-provoking' -- The Spectator, December 12, 2006

'a detailed, entertaining account...set with just the kind of care
and skill these two extraordinary adversaries undoubtedly deserve'
-- The Irish Times, December 30, 2006

'a spirited account of the intensely personal hatred between these
two complex individuals...tremendously readable'
-- BBC History Magazine, December, 2006

'a triumph of both conception and presentation' -- Sunday Independent, December 1, 2006

'engaging and highly entertaining' -- Sunday Times, December 10, 2006

`Engaging and highly entertaining' -- Sunday Times

`Popular history of the struggle for power between Gladstone and
Disraeli... Full of amusing details about these two Victorian titans' -- Daily Telegraph `Books of the Year'

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  • PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 0393065707
  • ISBN 13 9780393065701
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