The Young Duke
by Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831
ISBN/ASIN: 8132025288
Number of pages: 292
Description:
The Young Duke (1831) features romanticised depictions of aristocratic life with character sketches of well-known public figures lightly disguised. Benjamin Disraeli was a British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and dandy who twice served as Prime Minister.
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