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)