Benjamin Disraeli

by Harriet Spofford

Overview

Illustrated biography of Benjamin Disraeli, influential prime minister of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149186204
Publisher:	Shamrock Eden Publishing
Publication date:	06/08/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	227 KB

About the Author

Born in Calais, Maine, she moved with her parents to Newburyport, Massachusetts, which was ever after her home, though has spent many of her winters in Boston and Washington, D.C. She attended the Putnam Free School in Newburyport, and Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. At Newburyport her prize essay on Hamlet drew the attention of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who soon became her friend, and gave her counsel and encouragement.