Douglas Hurd, Edward Young

Disraeli

or, The Two Lives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 'gripping, succinct and lethal' (Matthew Parris, THE TIMES) reappraisal of the life of Benjamin Disraeli, the most celebrated and colourful politician of the nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780753828328
• ISBN-10: 0753828324
• Artikelnr.: 39905828

Autorenporträt

Douglas Hurd (Author) Former diplomat, private secretary to Edward Heath (as Ldr of the Opposition and as PM); MP 1974-97. Served Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as Home Secretary and as Foreign Secretary. As a writer is the (co-)author of many thrillers including IMAGE IN THE WATER, his MEMOIRS in 2003 and other non-fiction titles. Edward Young (Author) Edward Young gained a first-class degree in history from Clare College, Cambridge, and won a Mellon Scholarship to Yale where he studied history and international relations as part of the Grand Strategy Program. He has since worked as a speechwriter for David Cameron and as Chief of Staff to the Conservative Party Chairman. He currently works at Brunswick Group LLC. Disraeli is Edward's third book in collaboration with Lord Hurd, having worked as a research assistant for his biography of Sir Robert Peel, and co-authoring Choose Your Weapons, a history of British foreign policy.