Rosebery

The Fifth Earl of Rosebery was the most glamorous Liberal politician of the late Victorian age. Charismatic enlightened wealthy and intellectually brilliant he once said that he had three ambitions: to marry an heiress win the Derby and become Prime Minister. By his mid-forties he had achieved all three.

But his political career was clouded by his mercurial character. Self-centred impulsive and neurotic he shrouded himself in mystery and was caught up in many of the greatest scandals of his era. Now using a wealth of archival material award-winning author Leo McKinstry reveals the dramatic compelling story behind this paradoxical figure.