List of Illustrations

  1. Isaac D’Israeli, English School, (19th century). Private Collection, © Look and Learn / Bridgeman Images

  2. Maria D’Israeli, Daniel Maclise (1828). Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

  3. Bradenham Manor from the South East. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

  4. Benjamin Disraeli as a young man, taken from Edward VII: His Life and Times, published 1910. Private Collection © Bridgeman Images

  5. Sarah D’Israeli, Daniel Maclise (1828). Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

  6. Giovanni Battista Falcieri (‘Tita’), Daniel Maclise (1836). Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

  7. George Gordon Byron, Richard Westall (1813). National Portrait Gallery, © Bridgeman Images

  8. Brampford Speke. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

  9. Mary Anne Viney-Evans, Chalon (1840). Hughenden Manor, © Bridgeman Images

10. John Evans. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images / Thomas Boggis

11. Wyndham Lewis. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

12. Rosina Bulwer Lytton

13. Edward Bulwer Lytton, engraving after Chalon. © City of Westminster Archive Centre / Bridgeman Images

14. Lady Blessington, James Godsell Middleton (c. 1872). Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

15. List written by Mary Anne Disraeli. Reproduced by kind permission of the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

16. Letter written by Mary Anne Disraeli. Reproduced by kind permission of the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

17. 1837 election poster. Reproduced by kind permission of the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

18. Hughenden Manor, South side, E. Buckton Lamb, 1862. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

19. View North West across the Library at Hughenden, photographed soon after Disraeli’s death, 1881. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

20. The parterre and south front of the house at Hughenden. © National Trust Images / Andrew Butler

21. Mary Anne Disraeli, James Middleton. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images

22. Letter written by Benjamin Disraeli, 1874. Reproduced by kind permission of Hughenden Manor, the Disraeli Collection, © National Trust Images / Sue James

23. Benjamin Disraeli, D. and W. Downey, 1873. © Bridgeman Images