Salisbury: Victorian Titan (Phoenix Press)

At six years of age, Robert Cecil, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was sent to a brutal boarding school he likened to an existence among devils. By 23, he was a member of the British Parliament. And before his death at age 73 in 1903, he would spend nearly two decades as Britains Prime Minister, single-mindedly driving the British Empire to extend its iron grip to five continents. This multiple award-winning biography sheds uncompromising light on Lord Salisburys troubled family life, his transformational experiences in Australia, India, and Africa, and his dogged pursuit of political power in the court of Queen Victoria.