{"product_id":"the-young-melbourne-lord-m-paperback","title":"The Young Melbourne \u0026 Lord M - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Cecil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern Library's 100th best non-fiction book of all time, and John F. Kennedy's favourite book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful biography of the life of Lord Melbourne - Queen Victoria's Prime Minister and devoted mentor, and one of England's most controversial statesmen - whose turbulent marriage to Lady Caroline Lamb was one of the greatest scandals of the era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA charming, curious and altogether idiosyncratic figure, Melbourne is the perfect subject for a biography and David Cecil - with his elegant, thoughtful style and perfect scholarship - was his ideal biographer. The resulting work is a true classic of the genre and remains the most important and comprehensive account of Britain's most beguiling and individual Prime Minister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains the entirety of David Cecil's two seminal biographies of Lord Melbourne -\u003ci\u003e The Young Melbourne\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLord M \u003c\/i\u003e- in one definitive book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A superb work of art\" - Harold Nicholson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A historian of the heart\" - L. P. Hartley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord David Cecil (1902-1986) was a British biographer, academic and historian. He read Modern History at Oxford University where he later became a Fellow. He published his first book, a biography of the poet William Cowper, \u003ci\u003eThe Stricken Deer\u003c\/i\u003e, -in 1929; it went on to win the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize, and launched a brilliant literary career. Cecil went on to publish biographies of many other literary figures, including Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Shakespeare. He died in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 422\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51868783870240,"sku":"9781509854929","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9iSWQTC_sr9781509854929.webp?v=1781699598","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-young-melbourne-lord-m-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}