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The Prime Minister

Trollope, AnthonyMcCormick, John(Contributions by)Uglow, Jenny(Contributions by)
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Can a morally scrupulous English gentleman make an effective Prime Minister?

This is one of the enduringly fascinating problems posed in The Prime Minister (1876). And as Plantaganet Palliser, Duke of Omnium, overenthusiastically supported by Lady Glencora, presides over the Coalition government, Trollope reaches into the highest echelons of the English establishment, depicting political realities rather than ideology, portraying social, sexual and domestic politics as well as the public variety.

The world of the novel is perplexed and dominated by the handsome impostor Ferdinand Lopez.

Even the Duke and Duchess are not immune to his malign influence, as Lopez pursues Emily Wharton for her charm and her fortune, and plots to win membership of that most exclusive of English clubs, the Houses of Parliament.

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Oxford Paperbacks
0192815903 / 9780192815903
Paperback / softback
823.8
01/11/1983
United Kingdom
850 pages, line drawings
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