Easton Press leather edition of Andre Maurois' "Disraeli: A Picture of the Victorian Age," a COLLECTOR'S edition, Translated by Hamish Miles, with a Foreword by Senator Daniel Patrick Moyhihan, one of the LIBRARY OF GREAT LIVES series, published in 1990. Bound in leather, the book has decorative end leaves, satin book marker, gold gilt on three edges---in FINE condition. COLLECTOR'S NOTE included. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, who lived from 1804 – 1881, was a British statesman and Conservative politician, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Disraeli played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. He is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, and his political battles with the Liberal Party leader WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. Disraeli is the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish birth.  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. 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 elevated him to 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. Disraeli arranged for the British to purchase a major interest in the Suez Canal Company in 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 favorable to Britain and unfavorable to Russia, its longstanding enemy. This diplomatic victory over Russia established Disraeli as one of Europe's leading statesmen. Later Disraeli 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 defeated Disraeli's Conservatives at the 1880 general election. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who earned a Ph.D. under a Fulbright Scholarship, is well known for his urban studies at HARVARD and for serving as Ambassador to India.  He was also the senior Senator from New York. Moynihan wrote in the Foreword: "Andre Maurois was an interpreter to the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.  He saw the British in the worse of times; and at their best. He saw the last of Stanley's breed disappear in the Somme; and knew the world had lost something of value." 383 pages, including a Bibliography and Index.  I offer combined shipping.