Coningsby
by Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: R.B. Johnson 1904
ISBN/ASIN: 1592245684
Number of pages: 652
Description:
The book is set against a background of the real political events of the 1830s in England that followed the enactment of the Reform Bill of 1832. In describing these events Disraeli sets out his own beliefs including his opposition to Robert Peel, his dislikes of both the British Whig Party and the ideals of Utilitarianism, and the need for social justice in a newly industrialized society.
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