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The Complete Four Part TV Docudrama Miniseries Starring Ian McShane On The Life Of Benjamin Disraeli, British Romantic Novelist, Statesman And Twice Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In An Archival Quality 4 Disc All Regions Format DVD Set, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Color, 1978, 4 Hours 33 Minutes.) #DisraeliPortraitOfARomantic #IanMcShane #BenjaminDisraeli #Disraeli #TVSeries #TVMiniseries #Authors #Novelists #Statesmen #UKPrimeMinisters #UKPMs #PrimeMinistersOfTheUK #Dandies #Dandyism #Romantics #Romanticism #Literature #EnglishLiterature #UK #UKHistory #HistoryOfTheUK #ConservativeParty #OneNationConservatism #OneNationism #ToryDemocracy #BritishJews #AngloJewry #CornLaws #ChancellorOfTheExchequer #LeaderOfTheHouseOfCommons #QueenVictoria #EasternQuestion #OttomanEmpire #SuezCanal #SuezCanalCompany #CongressOfBerlin #SecondAngloAfghanWar #AngloZuluWar #UKGeneralElection1880 #Politicians #Imperialism #Colonialism #BritishEmpire #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive
Contents:
VOL. 1
Episode 1:Dizzy
VOL. 2
Episode 2: Mary Anne
VOL. 3
Episode 3: The Great Game
VOL. 4
Episode 4: The Chief
Benjamin Disraeli, English journalist, author, novelist and politician, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881) was born in London. He was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy", a form of British political conservatism advocating preservation of established institutions and traditional principles that combined with political democracy and a social and economic program designed to benefit the common man. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish birth. He was also a dandy and a novelist, publishing works of fiction even as Prime Minister. He was born in Bloomsbury, then a part of Middlesex. His father left Judaism after a dispute at his synagogue; young Benjamin became an Anglican at the age of 12. After several unsuccessful attempts, Disraeli entered the House of Commons in 1837. In 1846 the Prime Minister at the time, Sir Robert Peel, split the party over his proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, which involved ending the tariff on imported grain. Disraeli clashed with Peel in the House of Commons. Disraeli became a major figure in the party. When Lord Derby, the party leader, thrice formed governments in the 1850s and 1860s, Disraeli served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. Upon Derby's retirement in 1868, Disraeli became Prime Minister briefly before losing that year's general election. He returned to the Opposition, before leading the party to winning a majority in the 1874 general election. He maintained a close friendship with Queen Victoria, who in 1876 appointed him Earl of Beaconsfield. Disraeli's second term was dominated by the Eastern Question: the slow decay of the Ottoman Empire and the desire of other European powers, such as Russia, to gain at its expense. He was instrumental in the expansion of the British empire into India and the mideast. Disraeli arranged for the British to purchase a major interest in the Suez Canal Company in Ottoman-controlled Egypt. In 1878, faced with Russian victories against the Ottomans, he worked at the Congress of Berlin to obtain peace in the Balkans at terms favourable to Britain and unfavourable to Russia, its longstanding enemy. This diplomatic victory over Russia established Disraeli as one of Europe's leading statesmen. World events thereafter moved against the Conservatives. Controversial wars in Afghanistan and South Africa undermined his public support. He angered British farmers by refusing to reinstitute the Corn Laws in response to poor harvests and cheap imported grain. With Gladstone conducting a massive speaking campaign, his Liberals bested Disraeli's Conservatives at the 1880 general election. In his final months, Disraeli led the Conservatives in Opposition. He had throughout his career written novels, beginning in 1826, and he pioneered the concept of the political novel with works such as Vivian Grey, Coningsby, and Lothair. He published his last completed novel, Endymion, shortly before he died at his home at 19 Curzon Street in Mayfair, London, England in the early morning of Easter Tuesday the age of 76. His last words were "I had rather live but I am not afraid to die". The anniversary of Disraeli's death was for some years commemorated in the United Kingdom as Primrose Day.