An epic Victorian novel that proves that British politics was ever murky and duplicitous, The Prime Minister is the fifth of Trollope’s Palliser series and finds Plantagenet Palliser occupying the most important position in the land.
Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser's own wife, Lady Glencora. But when the interloper makes a socially advantageous marriage, Palliser must decide whether to stand by his wife's support for Lopez in a by-election or leave him to face exposure as a fortune-hunting adventurer.
A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions in government - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140433494
Number of pages: 736
Weight: 500 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 31 mm
One of the later works in the Parliamentary/Palliser series. Plantagenet Palliser takes more of a central role than in the some of the preceding novels. The, now, Prime Minister must attempt to guide the ship of state... More
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