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A boy who kills a prince flees to a mountain cave, then journeys to the hidden tombs to win Solomon's scepter.
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- 1833by Benjamin Disraeli
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Alroy in short
Alroy follows a young Jewish prince from a humiliating tribute day to an empire that stretches from the Tigris to Persia. A single act of fury at a fountain makes him a fugitive. A ring and a scepter taken from the hand of Solomon make him a leader.
What Alroy is about
What would you do if the whole world told you to bow and pay, and you could not? David Alroy faces that choice on the day he turns eighteen, in the Persian city of Hamadan. He is the Prince of the Captivity, born of the line of King David, with no kingdom and a yearly tribute hanging over his house. Within hours he has killed a Muslim governor and fled into the desert.
Alroy is a novel by Benjamin Disraeli, who began it after visiting Jerusalem in 1831. It draws on a Jewish leader of the twelfth century. You get a desert chase, a bandit camp, a ghostly hall of kings, a love affair, and wars that shake the East.
Voor wie is het?. You will love this book if you enjoy adventure with a dreamy edge, tales of kings and prophets, desert journeys, secret spells, and grand palaces.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A Prince Without a Kingdom Refuses Tribute
The story opens on tribute day in Hamadan. The old Prince of the Captivity, Bostenay, rides home on a white mule after paying the yearly tax to the Muslim rulers. His trumpeters sound, and he insists that the glory has not yet departed. He is proud of a procession that most people would call a humiliation.
Bostenay lives by prudence. He is rich, his caravans cross Asia, and his name carries weight in the bazaar of Bagdad. Permission to pay tribute with trumpeters and a few guards seems to him a victory won.
His nephew David Alroy has refused to walk in the procession. David turns eighteen that very day, and Bostenay offers him the family scepter. The young man begs him to keep it, for a throne that makes him only the foremost of slaves holds no charm. Left alone, he prays that a deliverer will come quickly. Comfort bought by compromise cannot silence a dream that large.
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One Blow at the Fountain Sends Alroy Fleeing
Alroy walks to the old tomb of Esther and Mordecai outside the city gates.
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Jabaster Reads a Destiny in the Stars
Jabaster is a Levite and a master of secret learning.
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Bandits, a Caravan and a Stolen Ring
Alroy crosses Persia in a coarse black tunic, travelling by night.
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Honain Offers a Different Road to Freedom
Honain takes the sick boy into his marble palace and tends him.
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Jerusalem Lies Below, and the Tombs Lie Hidden
Alroy reaches Jerusalem at last, but the Holy City flies a white banner with a red cross, for the Franks hold it.
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The Scepter Brings Armies and Great Victories
News of the prince spreads fast among the Hebrews.
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Bagdad Tempts the Conqueror toward a Princess
Alroy rides into Bagdad on a milk white charger and sits on the divan of the Commander of the Faithful.
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Ambition Slowly Wears Away the Faith That Built It
Beneath the adventure runs a plain argument about power.
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A Tale Told in Song, Spectacle and Vision
Disraeli tells this story in a voice unlike a plain historical novel.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- David Alroy A young Jewish prince of the line of David who dreams of freeing his people and wins a scepter, an army and an empire.
- Miriam Alroy's gentle, devout sister, whose love steadies him and whose faith holds when his own wavers.
- Jabaster A stern Cabalist and Levite who trains Alroy and wants a holy nation under the law of Moses.
- Honain Jabaster's brother, a hidden Hebrew and physician to the Caliph, who trusts cunning and worldly power over creeds.
- Princess Schirene The Caliph's daughter, witty and willful, who longs to escape her gilded life and gives her heart to Alroy.
- Bostenay Alroy's wealthy uncle, who keeps his people safe by paying tribute and believes in prudence over rebellion.
- Scherirah A bandit chief with a Jewish mother who swears loyalty to Alroy and leads one of his armies.
- Esther A fierce young prophetess who stirs the soldiers with visions and warns Alroy of danger in Babylon.
How it ends (spoiler)
Alroy's empire collapses. Alp Arslan of Karasmé invades, and Scherirah and Abidan turn on him at the battle of Nehauend. Alroy is betrayed, captured and carried to Bagdad. He learns Jabaster was killed by Schirene and Honain, rejects the terms offered to save him, and Miriam dies of grief. Standing before the Karasmian king, Alroy defies him, and Alp Arslan strikes off his head, a smile on his face.
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What is Alroy by Disraeli about?
It tells of David Alroy, a young Jewish prince in medieval Persia who kills a Muslim governor, flees, wins Solomon's scepter and builds a great empire, then faces the cost of his ambition, love and pride.
Is Alroy based on a true story?
Disraeli drew on a Jewish leader of the twelfth century, but the novel is a romance. He placed the hero in Hamadan and added Cabalistic spirits, magic and invented events, publishing it with a preface dated 1845.
Who is Jabaster in Alroy?
Jabaster is Alroy's teacher, a Cabalist and Levite who lives in a mountain cave. He guides the prince, sends him to find Solomon's scepter, and later becomes High Priest, pressing for a nation ruled by the law of Moses.
What is the scepter of Solomon in the book?
It is the royal staff of King Solomon, kept in hidden tombs of the Hebrew kings. Legend says only a descendant of David can take it, and only the one who wins it can free the people.
What is the main message of Alroy?
The novel shows how faith, love and ambition pull a leader in different directions. It asks whether liberation needs holy law or worldly policy, and what a ruler owes to the people he saves.
Verwijs naar deze uitgave
Disraeli, Benjamin. Alroy. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/alroy.
Disraeli, B. (2026). Alroy. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/alroy (Original work published 1833)
Disraeli, Benjamin. Alroy. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/alroy.
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note = {First published 1833}
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