The Prime MinisterPenguin UK, 24.02.1994 - 736 Seiten Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser's own wife, Lady Glencora. But when the interloper makes a socially advantageous marriage, Palliser must decide whether to stand by his wife's support for Lopez in a by-election or leave him to face exposure as a fortune-hunting adventurer. A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions in government - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. |
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Mrs Roby | |
No one knows anything about him | |
Lopez Back in London | |
The Jolly Blackbird | |
The Horns | |
Sir Orlando Retires | |
Get round him | |
Come and try it | |
Volume III | |
The Value of a Thick Skin | |
An Old Friend Goes to Windsor | |
Another Old Friend | |
The Beginning of a New Career | |
Mrs Dicks Dinner PartyNo 1 | |
Carlton Terrace | |
The Gathering of Clouds | |
Mr Wharton Complains | |
A Lovers Perseverance | |
Arthur Fletcher | |
Never Run Away | |
Goodbye | |
The Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself | |
Vulgarity | |
Sir Orlandos Policy | |
Volume II | |
The Duchesss New Swan | |
St Jamess Park | |
Surrender | |
The Marriage | |
The Beginning of the Honeymoon | |
The End of the Honeymoon | |
The Dukes Misery | |
The Duchess Is Much Troubled | |
The Two Candidates for Silverbridge | |
Yes a lie | |
Yes with a horsewhip in my hand | |
What business is it of yours? | |
Showing that a Man Should Not Howl | |
The Silverbridge Election | |
Retribution | |
Kauri | |
Mrs Sexty Parker | |
He wants to get rich too quick | |
As for Love | |
Has he illtreated you? | |
Where is Guatemala? | |
Mr Slides Revenge | |
Coddling the Prime Minister | |
I can sleep here tonight I suppose? | |
Mr Hartlepod | |
Lizzie | |
Mrs Parkers Sorrows | |
What the Duchess Thought of her Husband | |
The Explanation | |
Quite settled | |
The First and the Last | |
The Tenway Junction | |
Volume IV | |
The Widow and her Friends | |
Phineas Finn Has a Book to Read | |
The Duchess and her Friend | |
The New K | |
There Must Be Time | |
The End of the Session | |
Mrs Lopez Prepares to Move | |
The Prime Ministers Political Creed | |
Mrs Parkers Fate | |
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