Lord George Bentinck is an account of Disraeli's relation with his parliamentary colleague and friend. It is not simply an account of the battle over the Corn Laws with Sir Robert Peel, but a most remarkable book, extremely readable, and full of often quoted and apt comments and descriptions. As a vivid story of one of the great parliamentary dramas in British history it is unsurpassed. The portraits of both Bentinck and Peel are both sympathetic and just. The book provides insight into mid-nineteenth century parliamentary life that remains unsurpassed.

INTRODUCTIONI. STATE OF PARTIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AT THE CLOSE OF 1845 II. FOUR MEETINGS OF THE CABINET IN ONE WEEK .III. 1846- OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, IV. PROPOSITION TO REPEAL THE CORN LAWS, V. FORMATION OF THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY, VI. SECOND READING OF THE BILL TO REPEAL THE CORN LAWS VII. STATE OF IRELAND VIII. THE COERCION BILL, IX. REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR IRELAND, X. EASTER, XI. CRITICAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT, XII. THIRD READING OF THE CORN BILL, XIII. RECIPROC TY XIV. THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY RESOLVE TO OPPOSE THE COERCION BILL, XV. THE CANNING EPISODE , XVI. OVERTHROW OF THE PEEL CABINET, LORD GEORGE BENTINCKXVII. CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, XVIII. THE SUGAR BILL- PROGRESS AND REACTION, XIX. IRISH RAILWAYS XX. 1847- THE IRISH FAMINE XXI. THE BANK CHARTER ACT, XXII. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT, XXIII. THE PANIC XXIV. THE JEWISH QUESTION, XXV. 1848- RELINQUISHMENT OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY BY LORD GEORGE BENTNICK XXVI. THE SUGAR AND COFFEE PLANTING COMMITTEE, XXVII. FOREIGN POLITICS- CLOSE OF THE SESSION 1848, XXVIII. THE LAST CHAPTER