{"product_id":"the-young-melbourne-lord-m-paperback","title":"The Young Melbourne \u0026 Lord M - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern Library's 100th best non-fiction book of all time, and John F. Kennedy's favourite book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful biography of the life of Lord Melbourne - Queen Victoria's Prime Minister and devoted mentor, and one of England's most controversial statesmen - whose turbulent marriage to Lady Caroline Lamb was one of the greatest scandals of the era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA charming, curious and altogether idiosyncratic figure, Melbourne is the perfect subject for a biography and David Cecil - with his elegant, thoughtful style and perfect scholarship - was his ideal biographer. The resulting work is a true classic of the genre and remains the most important and comprehensive account of Britain's most beguiling and individual Prime Minister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains the entirety of David Cecil's two seminal biographies of Lord Melbourne -\u003ci\u003e The Young Melbourne\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLord M \u003c\/i\u003e- in one definitive book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A superb work of art\" - Harold Nicholson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A historian of the heart\" - L. P. Hartley\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Policy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48710432817369,"sku":"9781509854929","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9781509854929.jpg?v=1778805576","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/the-young-melbourne-lord-m-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}