Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred

Nils Clausson (University of Regina)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1847

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Tancred, or The New Crusade

(1847) is the third novel in Benjamin Disraeli’s Young England Trilogy, preceded by

Coningsby, or The New Generation

(1844), and

Sybil, or The Two Nations

(1845). The hero’s name likely derives from Tancred, Prince of Galilee, one of the leaders of the First Crusade, who claimed to be the first crusader to enter Jerusalem when it fell in 1099. The novel opens with the coming of age of Tancred, Lord Montacute, the only child of the Duke and Duchess of Bellamont. Pressed by his father to enter Parliament, Tancred astonishes his doting parents by announcing plans to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. While searching for a suitable yacht for the voyage, Tancred is introduced to fashionable London society and becomes briefly infatuated with…

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Citation: Clausson, Nils. "Tancred". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 February 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=9774, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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