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Rosebery

Leo McKinstry

The Fifth Earl of Rosebery was the most glamorous Liberal politician of the late Victorian age. Charismatic enlightened wealthy and intellectually brilliant he once said that he had three ambitions: to marry an heiress win the Derby and become Prime Minister. By his mid-forties he had achieved all three.

But his political career was clouded by his mercurial character. Self-centred impulsive and neurotic he shrouded himself in mystery and was caught up in many of the greatest scandals of his era. Now using a wealth of archival material award-winning author Leo McKinstry reveals the dramatic compelling story behind this paradoxical figure.

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  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : John Murray
  • Page Extent : 640
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780719565861
  • Price : INR 699
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Leo McKinstry

Leo McKinstry has been a successful, high-profile writer for almost three decades, winning praise for his fluent style, his range of subjects and his diligent research. He is the author of twelve non-fiction books, including a trilogy on the RAF during the Second World War, several football and cricket biographies, two of which won the WHSmith Sports Book of the Year awards, and a study of the 19th century Liberal Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, which was named as the Channel Four Political Book of the Year in 2006. He is also a national newspaper journalist. Since 2005 he has been a twice-weekly columnist on the Daily Express, while he has been a feature writer on the Daily Mail for 27 years. His articles have also appeared in the Daily Telegraph, Independent, The Spectator, The Oldie, New Statesman and The Cricketer.

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