Plantagenet Palliser's fragile coalition government and troubled marriage is set against the social climbing of the unscrupulous financial speculator Ferdinand Lopez, whose relationship with Emily Wharton generates misery and scandal. Part of the...
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Plantagenet Palliser's fragile coalition government and troubled marriage is set against the social climbing of the unscrupulous financial speculator Ferdinand Lopez, whose relationship with Emily Wharton generates misery and scandal. Part of the Palliser series, the novel is one of Trollope's most complex. Cover -- Contents -- Biographical Preface -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Anthony Trollope -- THE PRIME MINISTER -- VOLUME I -- 1. Ferdinand Lopez -- 2. Everett Wharton -- 3. Mr Abel Wharton, Q.C. -- 4. Mrs Roby -- 5. 'No one knows anything about him' -- 6. An Old Friend Goes to Windsor -- 7. Another Old Friend -- 8. The Beginning of a New Career -- 9. Mrs Dick's Dinner Party.-No. 1 -- 10. Mrs Dick's Dinner Party.-No. 2 -- 11. Carlton Terrace -- 12. The Gathering of Clouds -- 13. Mr Wharton Complains -- 14. A Lover's Perseverance -- 15. Arthur Fletcher -- 16. Never Run Away! -- 17. Good-bye -- 18. The Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself -- 19. Vulgarity -- 20. Sir Orlando's Policy -- VOLUME II -- 21. The Duchess's New Swan -- 22. St James's Park -- 23. Surrender -- 24. The Marriage -- 25. The Beginning of the Honeymoon -- 26. The End of the Honeymoon -- 27. The Duke's Misery -- 28. The Duchess is Much Troubled -- 29. The Two Candidates for Silverbridge -- 30. 'Yes -- -a lie!' -- 31. 'Yes -- -with a horsewhip in my hand' -- 32. 'What business is it of yours?' -- 33. Showing that a Man Should Not Howl -- 34. The Silverbridge Election -- 35. Lopez Back in London -- 36. The Jolly Blackbird -- 37. The Horns -- 38. Sir Orlando Retires -- 39. 'Get round him' -- 40. 'Come and try it' -- VOLUME III -- 41. The Value of a Thick Skin -- 42. Retribution -- 43. Kauri Gum -- 44. Mr Wharton Intends to Make a New Will -- 45. Mrs Sexty Parker -- 46. 'He wants to get rich too quick' -- 47. As For Love! -- 48. 'Has he ill-treated you?' -- 49. 'Where is Guatemala?' -- 50. Mr Slide's Revenge -- 51. Coddling the Prime Minister -- 52. 'I can sleep here to-night, I suppose?' -- 53. Mr Hartlepod -- 54. Lizzie -- 55. Mrs Parker's Sorrows -- 56. What the Duchess Thought of Her Husband -- 57. The Explanation -- 58. 'Quite settled'.
