Disraeli A Picture of the Vitorian Age Author:Andre Maurois Translated from the French by Hamish Miles, and introduction by Henri Peyre. — Biography of Benjamin Disraeli [1804-1881], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1880. — When "Disraeli" was first published in France in 1927, The Yale Review wrote of it: "M. Maurois' book ... is wholly a work of art. It is a fancy picture, staged, lighted, and ... more »presented with such perfection of wit, style, finesse, and humor that it may take a high place in French literature." The novelist Hugh Walpole found the book "playful without being childish, ironical without being bitter and as creative as a fine novel."« less