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Benjamin, 1st Earl Of Beaconsfield Disraeli

Male : British Prime Minister 1868 & 1874-80. Politician and novelist. Italian-Jewish parents. Married Mary Anne Wyndham Lewis in 1839
Nationality : English Place of Birth : London

Date of Birth : 1804 Date of Death : 1881 Age : 77

Other Work : MP for Maidstone from 1837

Education : Privately educated
1825-1830
An Inquiry into the Plans, Progress & Policy of the American Mining Companies
(1825 John Murray) - Anon papmphlet
Lawyers and Legislators, or Notes on the American Mining Companies
(1825 J Murray) - Anon Pamphlet
The Present State of Mexico
(1825 John Murray) - Anon Pamphlet
Vivian Grey
(1826-27 Henry Colburn) - 5 vols. Anon. One vol ed 1853
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla
(1828 Colburn) - Anon

1831-1835
The Young Duke
(1831 Colburn) - 3 vols
England and France, or A Cure for the Ministerial Gallomania
(1832 John Murray) - Anon
Contarini Fleming : A Psychological Autobiography
(1832 John Murray) - 4 vols
The Wondrous Tale of Alroy & The Rise of Iskander
(1833 Saunders & Otley) - 3 vols
What is He ?
(1833 Ridgway) - pamphlet
Velvet Lawn : A Sketch Written for the Benefit of the Buckinghamshire Infirmary
(1833 King, Wycombe)
The Young Venetian
(1834 John Murray) - a reissue of "Contarini Fleming"
A Year at Hartlebury, or The Election
(1834 Saunders & Otley) - 2 vols
[ written pseudonomously with Sarah Disraeli]
The Revolutionary Epick : Verse - The 1st Book
(1834 Edward Moxon) - 50
Vindication of the English Constitution, in a letter to a Noble and learned Lord
(1835 Saunders & Otley)

1836-1840
Henrietta Temple : A Love Story
(1836 Colburn) - 2 vols
The Letters of Runnymede
(1836 Macrone)
Venetia, or The Poet's Daughter
(1837 Colburn) - 3 vols. Anon
The Tragedy of Count Alarcos
(1839 Colburn)

1841-1850
Coningsby, or the New Generation
(1844 Colburn) - 3 vols. One vol ed 1923
Sybil, or the Two Nations
(1845 Colburn) - 3 vols. One vol ed 1926
Tancred, or the New Crusade
(1847 Colburn) - 3 vols

1851-1900
Lord George Bentinck : A Political Biography
(1852 Colburn)
Uniform Edition of the Novels
(1853 David Bryce) - 10 vols
Parliamentary Reform : A Series of Speeches
(1867 Longmans, Green)
Lothair
(1870 Longman) - 3 vols
[This was very successful, the first novel by an ex-Prime Minister]
Hughenden Edition of the Novels & Tales
(1870-1 Longmans) - 10 vols
Endymion
(1880 Longman) - 3 vols. Anon
Selected Speeches
(ed T E Kebbel) (1882) - 2 vols
Letters 1830-52
(1887)
Tales & Sketches
(ed J Logie Robertson) (1891)
Novels & Tales : Hughenden Edition
(1900 Longmans) - 11 vols

After 1901
Young England
(1904 Edinburgh & London) - 4 vols. James Byam Shaw
Whigs and Whiggism : Political Writings
(ed William Hutcheon) (1913)
Ixion in Heaven
(1925 Cape) - John Austen
Novels & Tales : Bradenham Edition
(1926-7 Peter Davies) - 12 vols. Intro by Philip Guedalla
Offered in 1999 for £650
Ixion in Heaven and Endymion : Disraeli's Skit & Aytoun's Burlesque
(1927 Scholartis Press) - 525. with William E Aytoun
The Infernal Marriage
(1929 Wm Jackson, London) - 850. John Austen

READING
19thC
G H Francis : The Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli - A Critical Biography
(1852 J W Parker)
Thomas MacKnight : The Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli MP - A Literary & Political Biography
(1858 Bentley) - Anon
Leslie Stephen : Mr Disraeli's Novels
(In His Hours in a Library) (1876) - 2nd series

1901-1960
W F Monypenny & G E Buckle : The Life of Disraeli
(1910-20 London) - 6 vols
(1913 Macmillan NY) - 3 vols
(1929) - 2 vols
Hesketh Pearson : Dizzy
(1951 London)
Cecil Roth : Benjamin Disraeli - Earl of Beaconsfield
(1952)
Muriel Masefield : Peacocks and Primroses - A Survey of Disraeli's Novels
(1953 Bles 21/-)

After 1961
John Vincent : Disraeli
Robert Blake : Disraeli
(1966 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
Richard E Levine : Benjamin Disraeli
(1968 Twayne US)
Maurice Edelman : Disraeli in Love
(1972 Collins)
R W Davis : Disraeli
(1976)
Christopher Hibbert : Disraeli and His World
(1978 London)
Daniel R Schwartz : Disraeli's Fiction
(1979 Macmillan)
Thom Braun : Disraeli the Novelist
(1981 Allen & Unwin)
Sarah Bradford : Disraeli
(1982 Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Robert Blake : Disraeli's Grand Tour - Disraeli in the Holy Land 1830-1
(1982 Weidenfeld & Nciolson)
Stanley Weintraub : Disraeli - A Biography
(1993 London)
Paul Smith : Disraeli - A Brief Life
(1996 CUP £25)
Christopher Hibbert : Disraeli - A Personal History
(2005 Weidenfeld & Nicolson £25)

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