Disraeli's Reminiscences by Benjamin Disraeli, 148 pages
During the 1860s, Benjamin Disraeli, with the best part of his career still ahead of him, began jotting down notes towards a future autobiography that, as things turned out, was never actually written. The notes survive, however, in this loosely arranged series of brief anecdotes and scraps of narrative.
Some of the bits and pieces are amusing, and the personality of Disraeli shines through clearly. Those hoping for insight into his life or the political and social world he inhabited are likely to be somewhat disappointed, however, especially since, as the editors take care to note, the author was hardly above embroidery and invention.
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