Alroy: The Prince of the Captivity
by Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: M. Walter Dunne 1833
ISBN/ASIN: 1448001102
Number of pages: 341
Description:
Probably the first Jewish historical novel ever published. D'Israeli describes David as a young man who was known as a descendant of King David and who was accepted as being the king of the Jews before he proclaimed himself the messiah. We read how he kills the brother of the Sultan who was trying to rape his sister and his adventures during his flight to save himself from the Sultan's wrath...
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
Coningsbyby Benjamin Disraeli - R.B. Johnson
The book is set against a background of the real political events of the 1830s in England that followed the enactment of the Reform Bill. Disraeli sets out his own beliefs including the need for social justice in a newly industrialized society.
(5394 views)
Vivian Greyby Benjamin Disraeli - The Century Co.
The story of a young ambitious man who enters the highest political and social circles of Georgian England. Its portrayal of the fashionable world of London and its notorious dandy figures made the book one of the most popular novels of its time.
(5779 views)
The Voyage of Captain Popanillaby Benjamin Disraeli - H. Colburn
There is an island in the Indian Ocean, so unfortunate as not yet to have been visited either by Discovery Ships or Missionary Societies. It is a place where all those things are constantly found which men most desire to see ...
(4934 views)
Venetiaby Benjamin Disraeli - Henry Colburn
This story is extremely well written and engaging. It mangles and entangles the histories of Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley so it can not be said to be a true story, but it is a thinly veiled fiction about these two poets.
(6507 views)