by Anthony Trollope · Oxford University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192815903
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«The Prime Minister» is Anthony Trollope's Victorian novel, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (852 pages, in English).
The Duke of Omnium reluctantly agrees to lead a coalition government, while his wife, Lady Glencora, uses her social influence to support him. In parallel, the ambitious Ferdinand Lopez, an upstart, seeks the duchess's backing for his parliamentary aspirations. The novel interweaves power, marriage, and social climbing in Victorian England.
Fifth novel in Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, originally published in 1876. Introduction by John McCormick, edited by Jennifer Uglow, and illustrations by Hector Whistler.
A read for those who enjoy Victorian fiction and nineteenth-century British politics and society.
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as The Way We Live Now. His novels address political, social, and gender issues and other topical matters. He also wrote an autobiography, a book on William Makepeace Thackeray, a book on Lord Palmerston, five travel books, and 42 short stories.
