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Christopher Hibbert Disraeli: A Personal History. HarperCollins, 401 pages, 25 [pounds sterling]
Britain during the nineteenth century was virtually free from the revolutionary turmoils that so weakened political and economic progress in continental Europe. Several factors favored Britain, but foremost among them was the transformation of the Conservative party from an interest group of landowners into a modern electoral machine appealing to a popular base. This was the work of Benjamin Disraeli, familiar to the nation as Dizzy. To be sure, he took great pleasure in the sport of "dishing the Whigs," and was gratified to climb to the top of what he called "the ...