Statesman presenting one unfortunate king's identity the wrong way (8)
I believe the answer is:
disraeli
'statesman' is the definition.
(I know that Disraeli is a statesman)
'one unfortunate king's identity the wrong way' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'unfortunate king's' becomes 'lears' (King Lear. I am not sure about the 'unfortunate' bit.).
'identity' becomes 'id' (abbreviation).
'the wrong way' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'i'+'lears'+'id'='ilearsid'
'ilearsid' back-to-front is 'DISRAELI'.
'presenting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disraeli that I've seen before include "Ideal, sir for old English prime minister" , "Raise lid on this old British prime minister" , "English PM and novelist" , "The British statesman was an ideal sir" , "One of Queen Victoria's prime ministers" .)