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The Palliser Novels Volume Two - Phineas Redux The Prime Minister and The Duke's Children - cover

The Palliser Novels Volume Two - Phineas Redux The Prime Minister and The Duke's Children

Anthony Trollope

Publisher: Open Road Media

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Summary

Three novels of an aristocratic British family and the world of parliamentary politics—the basis for the BBC adaptation.Also known as the Parliamentary Novels, the fourth, fifth, and sixth books in Anthony Trollope’s series follow the lives of an aristocrat, his wife, and the political and social circles in which they move.Phineas Redux: The ever-ambitious Irish rogue Phineas Finn, now widowed and restless, is pulled back into the game of parliamentary politics.The Prime Minister: With the Whigs and Tories at a standstill in their attempts to form a working government, a compromise is finally reached and Plantagenet Palliser is installed as prime minister—but it will soon bring turmoil, both personal and professional.The Duke’s Children: Plantagenet Palliser must face new challenges and a changing world if he is to hold his family together in the final installment of the Palliser Novels.
Available since: 12/01/2020.
Print length: 1614 pages.

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