![]() ![]() While on their tour, the newlyweds come to a better understanding, and upon their return to London Glencora becomes an ambitious society hostess. Palliser becomes aware of this situation and takes his wife on a long tour of Europe, even though he had recently been offered the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, the one political position he craves. Although they marry, Lady Glencora still pines for her unsuitable but handsome admirer Burgo Fitzgerald. The series begins with the story of Lady Glencora, fiancée of the dry, aristocratic Plantagenet Palliser, who will inherit the title of the Duke of Omnium and Gatherum from his uncle. The series featured a large cast of both prominent and rising actors. Set in Victorian era England with a backdrop of parliamentary life, Simon Raven's dramatisation covers six novels and follows the events and characters over two decades. The Pallisers is a 1974 BBC television adaptation of Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels. ![]()
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