A master historian tells the story of the Jewish people in an intimate, beautifully written epistolary narrative. With the unfailing grasp of character and incident that has always distinguished his writing, Gilbert brings to life the heroes and dissenters, the lawgivers and explorers, the triumphs and tragedies of Jewish history. 12 maps.
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A master historian tells the story of the Jewish people in an intimate, beautifully written epistolary narrative. With the unfailing grasp of character and incident that has always distinguished his writing, Gilbert brings to life the heroes and dissenters, the lawgivers and explorers, the triumphs and tragedies of Jewish history. 12 maps.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Size: 6x1x9; stated 1st American edition/1st printing with full number line, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, previous owners book plate on flyleaf, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
This is a wonderful collection of letters written by the author to his 90-year-old friend based in India. She was Jewish and had requested the author to recommend a short history of the Jews. Instead, he decided to write it for her, in letter form, week by week. Each letter touched on different aspects of Jewish history. I learned a lot of Jewish history from these wonderful letters.It must have been wonderful to receive such letters weekly. The last letter was received when she was age 92. I found this book in a second -hand bookstore in Sydney last Dec 2006.
