Disraeli's Grand Tour - Benjamin Disraeli and the Holy Land, 1830-1831 (Paperback, Main)

'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"

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	April 2013
Authors:	Robert Blake
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	172
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-30283-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	0-571-30283-1
Barcode:	9780571302833

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