TY - BOOK AU - Disraeli,Benjamin,Earl of Beaconsfield TI - Alroy: The Prince of the Captivity AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - War stories KW - Princes -- Fiction KW - Crusades -- Second, 1147-1149 -- Fiction KW - Judaism -- Relations -- Islam -- Fiction KW - Islam -- Relations -- Judaism -- Fiction KW - Kurdistan -- Fiction KW - Jerusalem -- History -- Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 -- Fiction KW - Jews -- History -- 70-1789 -- Fiction KW - Messianism -- Fiction KW - Jewish fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wondrous_Tale_of_Alroy; Release date is 2006-12-03; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Alroy: The Prince of the Captivity" by Benjamin Disraeli is a novel originally published in 1833. This fictionalised tale follows young David Alroy, who flees after killing a governor and embarks on a quest to find Solomon's sceptre and restore Jewish greatness. His journey leads him through desert dangers, forbidden love with a caliph's daughter, and military triumph. But as ambition clashes with tradition and loyalty fractures, Alroy must face whether personal desire can coexist with his destined role as liberator. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20002 ER -