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Lord Palmerston

By Anthony Trollope

2019-11-26 22:58:36

This memoir by Trollope, written between November 1881 and February 1882, the last year of the author’s life, offers the modern reader a vivid impression of Palmerston’s character and career. Fascinatingly the man is revealed as possessing most o ... Read more
This memoir by Trollope, written between November 1881 and February 1882, the last year of the author’s life, offers the modern reader a vivid impression of Palmerston’s character and career. Fascinatingly the man is revealed as possessing most of the characteristics of a typical Trollope character from the author’s novels: indeed Plantaganet Palliser had already been given many of Palmerston’s attributes, particularly his stubbornness, his doggedness, and his diligence. Palmerston emerges as thick-skinned, an occasionally brilliant speaker, and playing a straight bat in his politics. Less

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File size246.094 KB
Print pages156
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-3732635269
Anthony Trollope 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire,...

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