02621nam 2200469 450 991046606440332120170920012720.01-78138-308-1(CKB)3710000000853369(UkCbUP)CR9781781383087(MiAaPQ)EBC4721564(EXLCZ)99371000000085336920161031d2016 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBenjamin Disraeli and John Murray the politican, the publisher, and The representative /Regina AkelLiverpool :Liverpool University Press,2016.1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).1-78138-307-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book tells the story of an early nineteenth-century London newspaper, the Representative, more important for the people who took part in its inception than for its journalistic merits. The gallery of characters who appear in the narrative includes prominent figures of the age, literary as well as political, such as Sir Walter Scott and his son-in-law, John Gibson Lockhart; Foreign Secretary George Canning; and certainly publisher John Murray II. The pivotal figure is, however, a very young Benjamin Disraeli, whose brilliant mind already displayed great powers of observation, verbal expression and manipulation of his elders and betters. Written in a fluent style, and drawing upon previously untapped original sources at The Bodleian Library and The John Murray Archive at The National Library of Scotland, the book presents documented proof that the events narrated are quite different from what has traditionally been accepted as truth, at the same time it unveils hitherto unknown facets of well-known figures of the age.English newspapersEnglandLondonHistoryPublishers and publishingGreat BritainBiographyPrime ministersGreat BritainBiographyLondon (England)History1800-1950Electronic books.English newspapersHistory.Publishers and publishingPrime ministers941.081092Akel Regina994465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466064403321Benjamin Disraeli and John Murray2277397UNINA