Disraeli and Gladstone: Opposing Forces

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• 1. Mutual dislike
• 2. The duel begins
• 3. Face to face
• 4. The tide turns
• 5. Clashes of policy and personality
• 6. Find out more
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Books

Disraeli by Robert Blake (reprinted Prion Books, 1998)

The Conservative Party from Peel to Major by Robert Blake (New Edition Arrow, 1997)

Gladstone by Roy Jenkins (Macmillan, 1996)

Gladstone 1809-1874 by HCG Matthew (Clarendon Press, 1988)

Gladstone 1875-1898 by HCG Matthew (Oxford University Press, 1986)

Places to visit

Hughenden Manor The home of Benjamin Disraeli, leader of the Conservative Party during Victoria's reign, from 1848 until his death in 1881. This was his retreat from the rigours of parliamentary life and houses many of his personal effects. Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Hertfordshire HP14 4LA Tel: 01494 532580

Kilmainham Gaol Opened in 1796 and 1924, leaders of many Irish rebellions were detained here such as Robert Emmet, Thomas Francis Meagher, Charles Stewart Parnell and the key figures of the 1916 rebellion. Kilmainham Gaol, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 Tel: 00353 1 4535984

About the author

Robert Blake retired from the Provostship of the Queen's College, Oxford, in 1987. He is the author of The Unknown Prime Minister, Life of Andrew Bonar Law (Eyre Methuen, 1955); Disraeli (Prion, 1998); A History of the Conservative Party from Peel to Major (3rd edition Arrow, 1998).

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Published: 2001-06-01