A review by lbrex
The Prime Minister by Nicholas Shrimpton, Anthony Trollope

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm writing this review late, but I found this book from the Palliser sequence to be very interesting, in part because of the way that Trollope presents an outsider figure, the speculator Ferdinand Lopez, and for his rendering of the complicated fate of Plantagenet Palliser, now the Duke of Omnium, who has become the Prime Minister. The conflicts between the Duke and Glencora about the kind of power the Duke would like to wield as Prime Minister were certainly compelling, as was the impact of Ferdinand's actions on his young wife. I'd like to reread this one if I have the chance.