Mr Disraeli’s Rattle

She was a wealthy widow while he was young, Jewish, ambitious and twelve years her junior who called her a “flirt and a rattle”. This unlikely couple were married for 30 years and although Queen Victoria described Benjamin Disraeli’s wife as “vulgar”, he knew that without Mary Anne he might never have become one of England’s greatest Prime Ministers. As he acknowledged, “I owe this lady all.”

Paperback: 245 Pages

Language: English

Format: Paperback

2.5/5
“An interesting read about an extraordinary Victorian couple.”