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Disraeli, a Machiavellian politician?
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... Disraeli, a Machiavellian politician? Disraeli is probably the best-known Conservative politician in British history and as a much-discussed figure for over one hundred years opinions of him are vastly varied. His biographers writing shortly after his death hailed Disraeli as a political far-sighted genius, and father of the modern conservative party. This view however was contested in the 1960s most notably by Robert Blake who argued Disraeli's legacy had been exaggerated, and that he was wholly opportunistic, lived for 'political expediency' and was "completely without any ideological preconceptions,", AJP Taylor's verdict on Disraeli is truly damning; superficial; flamboyant; all image and no substance; "the true Sphinx without a secret" (Taylor) who "never took up and pursued a policy which might not aid his political interest." (Machin) Historians of this age are now faced with the question; which of these two arguments casts a fairer judgement? Disraeli's main criticism, and most important one
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