Benjamin Disraeli, (1804 - 1881) was a British Conservative politician, writer and aristocrat who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is as of 2014 the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth.

Tancred: or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli , 1847.Tancred, Lord Montacute, the novel's idealistic young hero, seems destined to live the life of any conventional member of the British ruling class. Dissatisfied with his life in fashionable London circles, he instead leaves his parents and retraces the steps of his Crusader ancestors to the Holy Land, hoping there to "penetrate the great Asian mystery" and understand the roots of Christianity.He meets the beautiful Eva, daughter of a Jewish financier, and becomes involvedin the political machinations of her foster-brother, the brilliant Fakredeen, a Lebanese emir. Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)was a British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Ministerof the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of themodern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broadoutreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in worldaffairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader WilliamEwart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy".He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory andpower of the British Empire.

"The Infernal Marriage" from Benjamin Disraeli. British Conservative politician and writer (1804-1881).

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield was a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister.