# The Rise of Iskander Author: Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 Genre: Category: Historical Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7842 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Rise+of+Iskander+Disraeli&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The sun had set behind the mountains, and the rich plain of Athens was suffused with the violet glow of a Grecian eye. A light breeze rose; the olive-groves awoke from their noonday trance, and rustled with returning animation, and the pennons of the Turkish squadron, that lay at anchor in the harbour of Piræus, twinkled in the lively air. From one gate of the city the women came forth in procession to the fountain; from another, a band of sumptuous horsemen sallied out, and threw their wanton javelins in the invigorating sky, as they galloped over the plain. The voice of birds, the buzz of beauteous insects, the breath of fragrant flowers, the quivering note of the nightingale, the patte... ## Chapters - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-iskander-7842/chapters/22/index.md)