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  1. Benjamin Disraeli said that he preferred TANCRED; or, THE NEW CRUSADE (1847), the third novel of the Young England trilogy, to all his other novels.

    It focuses on Tancred, son of Lord & Lady Montacute, who "bewilders" his parents (a principle I live by) by abandoning London society & going to the Holy Land in search of a fulfilling faith and philosophy, and a solution to the antagonism between Christianity & Judaism.

    #AmReading TANCRED by #BenjaminDisraeli
    #Books #Literature #SecondhandBook

  2. Ephraim Bond’s Gambling House or ‘Hell’ played only French Hazards with unlimited stakes & a bank of £10,000. He was immortalised by #BenjaminDisraeli as the character ‘Bond Sharpe’ in his 9th novel ‘Henrietta Temple’ published 1837. Disraeli (pic) was later twice #PrimeMinister of England 1868 & 1874-80

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