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Lord Beaconsfield (18041881)
Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord. An eminent English statesman and novelist; born in London, Dec. 21, 1804; died on April 19, 1881. The first volume of his novel ‘Vivian Grey’ appeared in 1826, the second volume in 1827. This was followed by ‘The Young Duke’ (1831); ‘Contarini Fleming’ (1832); ‘The Wondrous Tale of Alroy’ (1833); ‘The Rise of Iskander’; ‘The Revolutionary Epic’ (1834); ‘Henrietta Temple’ (1837); ‘Venetia’ (1837); ‘Alarcos’ (1839); ‘Coningsby’ (1844); ‘Sibyl’ (1845); ‘Tancred’ (1847); ‘Lothair’ (1870); ‘Endymion’ (1880). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).