# The Prime Minister

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- Book: [The Prime Minister](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-trollope/the-prime-minister) ([The Prime Minister.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-trollope/the-prime-minister.md))
- Authors: [Anthony Trollope](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-trollope)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-542-6
- Published: 1994-02-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser's own wife, Lady Glencora. But when the interloper makes a socially advantageous marriage, Palliser must decide whether to stand by his wife's support for Lopez in a by-election or leave him to face exposure as a fortune-hunting adventurer. A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions in government - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader.