Palliser novels Palliser novels The Palliser novels are six novels by Anthony Trollope. They were more commonly known (before the BBC aired a television adaptation) as the Parliamentary Novels. The common threads throughout the series are the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser, and his wife, Lady Glencora. The plots involve British and Irish politics in varying degrees, specifically in and around Parliament. The Pallisers do not always play major roles, and in "The Eustace Diamonds" they merely comment on the main action. The books are: The series overlaps with Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, also a series of six novels, which deal
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