Last in a series of lectures recorded in the early
1960s by historian AJP Taylor on the changing power of the prime minister. With Professor Peter Clarke , master ofTrinity Hall, Cambridge. 3: Disraeli. He was a flashy novelist who married for money, and a flatterer who was a cynical opportunist but never managed to enterthe Establishment. Yet he became the prime minister.
ProducerMatt Thompson Repeated from Sunday