Story of the Jews The Story of the Jews, Volume Two, Book 2, (Hardcover)

from ShawIslandLibrary

This second volume (third not out yet) of the history is another tour de force in terms of its depth and detail. Taking us up to the moment when the modern Zionist project is articulated, it is a stark reminder (along with the first volume) of the long, dark history of anti-semitism. It also docu...

from vguy

Could perhaps be called "Stories of the Jews" rather than "The Story of...". Schama's approach is to tell a particular story and its context in vivid detail as always, in such a way that the moment or the era in Jewish history comes to life. for example, the Dreyfuss affair comes over superbly, t...

from PDCRead

This second volume of Simon Schama's history of the Jewish people begins in the ghettos of Venice where the Jews of the Iberian peninsula had ended up after being expelled. Those that had not escaped were forced to convert and even then were still persecuted. This search for safety and somewhere ...