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Cahiers Victoriens et EdouardiensWhen Benjamin Disraeli met Thomas Love Peacock in 1848, he greeted him—to Peacock’s apparent surprise—as his ‘master’. Why should Disraeli have considered the prose satirist who was Shelley’s contemporary to be the leading influence on his early literary
Freya Johnston
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The Curious Case of Charles Darwin and Homeopathy
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 33-39, 2010., 2010 In 1849, Charles Darwin was so ill that he was unable to work one out of every 3 days, and after having various troubling symptoms for 2–12 years, he wrote to a friend that he was ‘going the way of all flesh’. He sought treatment from Dr James Manby Gully, a medical doctor who used water cure and homeopathic medicines. Despite being highly skeptical of
Dana Ullman
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Semiconductor Materials for Future Display Devices
Active and Passive Electronic Components, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 67-75, 1976., 1976 The large majority of solid state lamps currently available take advantage of the phenomenon of electroluminescent recombination at forward biased p–n junctions (homojunctions) in III–V compound semiconductors or related derivatives (GaP, GaAsP, etc.). The range of colours, sizes and luminous efficiencies likely to become available are subject, however,
T. L. Tansley, S. J. T. Owen
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The Disraeli Roads of Anfield, Urban Renewal and Sporting Culture
Cahiers Victoriens et EdouardiensAt the tail end of the Victorian era, professional football was an emerging cultural development within British society. Expanding industrial cities such as Liverpool subsequently saw the emergence of large footballing venues typified by Anfield football
Ben Williams
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Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019 This paper analyses why Enoch Powell opposed the 1958 and 1968-69 reforms of the House of Lords. He started his political career working at the Conservative Research Department that was influenced by the Disraelian legacy, and thus developed a Tory ...
Stéphane Porion
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Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Royal Titles Bill, 1876: Part 1
Parliamentary History, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 240-265, June 2026.Abstract The Royal Titles Bill (1876) proved to be contentious because it raised fraught issues of royal prerogative, constitutional legality, political perspective, parliamentary strategy, journalistic practice, and public opinion. Disraeli insisted that Queen Victoria could choose the supplementary title, empress of India, while Gladstone and his ...
Robert O'Kell
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Winston Churchill and South Africa: An Enduring, yet Debatable Connection, 1899–1955
History, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 168-182, March 2026.Abstract The article traces Churchill's engagement with South Africa, from his time as a newspaper correspondent during the Anglo‐Boer War to his services in both Liberal and Conservative cabinets as well as, ultimately, his premiership. The discussion highlights three phases in this relationship.
LUVUYO WOTSHELA
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Stosunki MiędzynarodoweBackground The article examines the construction of imperial mythology, its structure and its significance for political activity within Benjamin Disraeli’s political thought.
Tomasz Madras
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Transatlantic Anti‐Catholicism and Sexual Scandal: The Case of Mgr. Thomas John Capel
Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 505-519, December 2025.This article investigates the public scandal that enveloped a famous English priest who was living in the United States. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (1836–1911) was one of the stars of the English Church in the Victorian era. Following a disciplinary process for breaking his vow of chastity, the Vatican dispatched him to America, where in 1886 he was ...
Timothy Verhoeven
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Metaphors of Political Identity: Disraeli and the Visual Rhetoric of Punch
Cahiers Victoriens et EdouardiensIn addition to being frequently featured in Punch’s satirical squibs, Benjamin Disraeli was the subject of their full-page cartoons for almost forty years.
Robert O’Kell
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