Gladstone and Disraeli

[123everton]

Just watched this on B.B.C 4, I've only read a little on Gladstone before I got bored, I did'nt realise just how much he and Disraeli hated each other, nor just how much we as a nation benefitted from it.
Not a question just a thought really.

[123everton]

He was quite the man.
I dare say I'll get to back to that book one day after I've read the books by Wegner, Sheragian, Bissett and Lightholler etal, or not as the case may be.

[Mr Veritas]

Just a couple of anecdotes:~
Queen Victoria on Gladstone~
"He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting!"
Disraeli on Queen Victoria~ "When dealing with the aristocracy use flattery,when dealing with the Queen,lay it on with a trowel"
One of Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting:~
"At Dinner last night I sat next to Mr Gladstone,and by the end of the evening I thought he was the cleverest pesron in the world"
"The next evening I sat next to Mr Disraeli,and by the end of the evening I thought I was the cleverest person in the world".

Mr Gladstone spent MANY nights prowling the darkest recesses of London for " fallen women" to save,this somewhat soured his reputation.When the Queen was appraised of this situation she said "It does not surprise me".