{"product_id":"the-dukes-children-9791043137242","title":"The Duke's Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anthony Trollope\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Duke's Children\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Trollope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost since the first appearance of \u003cstrong\u003ePlantagenet Palliser\u003c\/strong\u003e in the novels of \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Trollope\u003c\/strong\u003e, he has been accompanied by his effervescent wife, Lady \u003cstrong\u003eGlencora\u003c\/strong\u003e. As the final installment of the Palliser series begins, she has been cruelly taken from him by a fatal illness, just at the moment when their three children are making their way in the world-and finding marriage partners of their own. But the younger generation does not seem to share the \u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e's values. The loves of both his eldest son and his only daughter in particular trouble him deeply, bringing into conflict his intellectual commitments and his emotional attachments.As with Phineas Finn, there are three notable female characters to add to Trollope's roster of impressive women: \u003cstrong\u003eLady Mabel\u003c\/strong\u003e Grex, the \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Isabel\u003c\/strong\u003e Boncassen, and the youngest of the \u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e's children, \u003cstrong\u003eLady Mary\u003c\/strong\u003e. The last in particular serves as a foil to the disappointments of \u003cstrong\u003eLady Laura Standish\u003c\/strong\u003e seen in the previous novels, and explores again the might-have-beens of choices gone awry.In other ways, too, The \u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e's Children gathers up themes from earlier Palliser novels: forgiveness, constancy, the maturing of youth, the constraints of nature, the disruptions of chance. Importantly, too, it displays complexities of political commitments from the vantage point of a younger generation coming of age. All this seems to have been deliberate. The manuscript for the novel shows Trollope made cuts-very rare in his corpus-of about \u003cstrong\u003e65\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e000\u003c\/strong\u003e words at the request of the publisher. These often develop more explicitly the back-references to the earlier novels.As the series concludes, Trollope finally gives vent to his own bitter experience of parliamentary elections: \"Parliamentary canvassing is not a pleasant occupation. Perhaps nothing more disagreeable, more squalid, more revolting to the senses, more opposed to personal dignity, can be conceived.\" This account is often to taken to arise out of Trollope's own experience of campaigning in \u003cstrong\u003eBeverly\u003c\/strong\u003e where he stood as a \u003cstrong\u003eLiberal\u003c\/strong\u003e candidate in east Yorkshire. Despite Trollope's disgust at the process, and disappointment at the outcome, The \u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e's Children ends with the \u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e of Omnium returning to office, and an optimistic outlook for the political careers of the next generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776373112983,"sku":"9791043137242","price":3476.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043137242.webp?v=1777995854","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dukes-children-9791043137242","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}