Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli was a novelist before he became a politician, and his Young England trilogy gave coherent fictional form to a vision of Tory social romanticism. Coningsby and Sybil are important Victorian political novels as well as lively fiction.
Works
- ConingsbyPolitical novel featuring a young idealist's awakening to power and duty
- SybilPolitical novel exploring the divide between rich and poor in England
- TancredNovel combining political intrigue with spiritual and religious questioning
- Vivian GreyNovel of youth, ambition, and political machinations in high society
- LothairNovel of religious faith, political intrigue, and romantic entanglement