Physical description

342 p. : dark green cover, title and author's name spine embossed in gold on spine. Front cover embossed in black. Text on cover: 'The Works of B. Disraeli'.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate pasted inside front cover: 'Linton / Mechanics' Institute / Established, 1871'. Signed 'J.Dodds, Secretary'. Book plate indicates book was part of original Linton Mechanics' Institute collection, acquired before 1891.

Summary

Explores the ways Christianity and Judaism are linked, and how they can be reconciled. The protagonist, Lord Monatacute, leaves his aristocratic family and retraces the steps of his Crusader ancestors to the Holy Land, hoping there to learn about and understand the roots of Christianity. Third in a trilogy of novels which also included the works 'Coningsby' and 'Sybil'.