This fascinating account of a forgotten moment in history is part family memoir, part the telling of a Texan offshoot of the early Zionist movement, when 10,000 Jews set sail for Galveston before WW1. Formally inventive, the author weaves together fragments of primary source material (letters, diaries, newspaper articles, interviews) to create a seamless, vivid narrative of the search for a Promised Land. Featuring the voices of Theodor Herzl, Israel Zangwill and David Jochelmann (the author’s great-grandfather) et al.
Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for the Promised Land
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Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill and Kathleen Harriman all accompanied their fathers to the Yalta Conference. This is an intriguing account of their involvement and influence on events.
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An ironic moment, perhaps, for a major new biography of the man who first uttered, 'The lamps are going out all over Europe' (August, 1914)... Grey remains the longest-ever serving Foreign S... read more
Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey
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