The Prime Minister: The Pallisers, Book 5
Written by Anthony Trollope
Narrated by David Shaw-Parker
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About this audiobook
When the liberal government falls and neither party is able to form a cabinet, Plantaganet Palliser is called upon to lead a coalition government. He is reluctant at first, and displays none of the charisma of his predecessors, but eventually he grows into the role. However, his confidence is short-lived as he becomes embroiled in a scandal involving the villainous Ferdinand Lopez – unintentionally brought about by Lady Glencora Palliser.
Pronounced ‘a beautiful book’ by Leo Tolstoy, The Prime Minister is a superb portrait of marriage and politics, and the compromises necessary for success in both. It is the fifth novel in Trollope’s Palliser series.
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was the third son of a barrister, who ruined his family by giving up the law for farming, and an industrious mother. After attending Winchester and Harrow, Trollope scraped into the General Post Office, London, in 1834, where he worked for seven years. In 1841 he was transferred to Ireland as a surveyor's clerk, and in 1844 married and settled at Clonmel. His first two novels were devoted to Irish life; his third, La Vendée, was historical. All were failures. After a distinguished career in the GPO, for which he invented the pillar box and travelled extensively abroad, Trollope resigned in 1867, earning his living from writing instead. He led an extensive social life, from which he drew material for his many social and political novels. The idea for The Warden (1855), the first of the six Barsetshire novels, came from a visit to Salisbury Close; with it came the characters whose fortunes were explored through the succeeding volumes, of which Doctor Thorne is the third.
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Reviews for The Prime Minister
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Repetitive and somehow incomplete without conclusion on the other takes in this story. Should have been several chapters shorter.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautifully written of course, beautifully read. I adore Trollope, this is superb.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/531 hours of delightful listening. The author ha a wonderful way of constructing beautiful images.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I enjoyed it a great deal. The lure and costs of political life remain much the same. The dynamics havnt changed much in 150 years probably because our need for power, recognition, meaning and love hasn't changed much. I wish Justin Trudeau could take the time to read it.....I think he might be comforted.