The Lion And Unicorn: Gladstone Vs Disraeli Richard Aldous Pimlico Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

‘Engaging And Highly Entertaining’ Sunday Times The Dramatic Confrontation Between Two \ Mighty Opposites\ Of Victorian Age Brilliantly Recreated By A Talented Young Historian Gladstone Disraeli Were Fiercest Political Rivals Modern Their Intense Hatred Was Ideological Deeply Personal Britain Ruled Oceans Vast Territories On Which Sun Never Set\ Vitriolic Duel Nothing Less Than Battle To Lead Richest Most Powerful Nation Earth His Antagonist An Unprincipled Maniac\ Characterised Extraordinary Mixture Envy Vindictiveness Hypocrisy Superstition\ For Rival Grand Corrupter\ Whose Destruction He Plotted Day Night Week Month Month\ Victorians Electrified No Wonder That When Lewis Carroll\ S Through Looking-Glass Appeared In 1871 So Many Readers Recognised Great Adversaries As Warring Lion Unicorn Fighting Crown\ Richard Aldous Gives Us First Telling This Story Momentous Rivalry Vivid Narrative Style - At Turns Witty Stirring Theatrical Breathes New Life Into Familiar Half-Remembered Tale Is Pivotal Britain\ Island History Brilliant Rethinking Generation Confirms Perennial Truth: Politics Everything Σελίδες: 384 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm