Disraeli\'s Grand Tour: Benjamin Disraeli and the Holy Land, 1830-1831 by Robert For Sale

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Disraeli\'s Grand Tour by Robert Blake

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English CONDITION
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'Lively and entertaining... [Disraeli's Grand Tour] concentrates on one colourful episode, or sequence of episodes, in the young Disraeli's life: the tour through the Mediterranean and Near East which he undertook with the man who was intended to become his brother-in-law. On the way they were joined by raffish Wykhamist James Clay, a friend of Disraeli's brother, and also by Tita Falcieri, who had formerly been a servant to Byron. Indeed... much of the tour might almost be considered a Byronic pilgrimage of a kind... Lord Blake suggests that [Disraeli's] travels in the provinces of the Ottoman Empire inclined him, when in office many years later, to take a more favourable attitude to Turkish power than was common among Englishmen of his time. However, the author is more interested in tracing the effects of the visit to the Holy Land on Disraeli's view of his own position as a Jew converted to Christianity and an aspirant man-of-letters and politician.' Dan Jacobson, London Review of Books

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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book. 'Lively and entertaining... [Disraeli's Grand Tour] concentrates on one colourful episode, or sequence of episodes, in the young Disraeli's life: the tour through the Mediterranean and Near East which he undertook with the man who was intended to become his brother-in-law. On the way they were joined by raffish Wykhamist James Clay, a friend of Disraeli's brother, and also by Tita Falcieri, who had formerly been a servant to Byron. Indeed... much of the tour might almost be considered a Byronic pilgrimage of a kind... Lord Blake suggests that [Disraeli's] travels in the provinces of the Ottoman Empire inclined him, when in office many years later, to take a more favourable attitude to Turkish power than was common among Englishmen of his time. However, the author is more interested in tracing the effects of the visit to the Holy Land on Disraeli's view of his own position as a Jew converted to Christianity and an aspirant man-of-letters and politician.' Dan Jacobson, London Review of Books

Details ISBN0571302831 Author Robert Blake Short Title DISRAELIS GRAND TOUR Publisher Faber & Faber Language English ISBN-10 0571302831 ISBN-13 9780571302833 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-04-18 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 915.6940434 Illustrations black & white illustrations Birth 1916 Death 2003 Imprint Faber & Faber Pages 172 UK Release Date 2013-04-18 AU Release Date 2013-04-18 NZ Release Date 2013-04-18 Edition Description Main Subtitle Benjamin Disraeli and the Holy Land, 1830–1831 Audience General Country of Origin GB Product Class Description Travel Writing
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