Chapter 1: Bookish Beginnings, 1804-25

Disraeli the trainee lawyer

 

Disraeli the trainee lawyer

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Disraeli the trainee lawyer
Copy of indenture at Messrs Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearce and Hunt, solicitors, 10 November 1821
Dep. Hughenden 10, fols. 13r-v

The experience gained in business affairs proved to be a mixed blessing when combined with his precociousness; unwise speculations saddled him with debt for much of his adult life.


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