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Henrietta Temple

by Benjamin Disraeli

Henrietta Temple is a semi-autobiographical novel and the author's first true success. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield and later British Prime Minister, based this novel on his affair with the married Henrietta Sykes.

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English

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English

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1837

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield was a British statesman and Conservative politician, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of t...

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