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082			_223 _a909.04924 _bGILL
100			_aMartin Gilbert _9954
245			_aLetters to Auntie Fori: _bFive Thousand year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith
260			_aLondon _bWeidenfeld And Nicolson _c2002
300			_axvii,460 p. _bHB _c23x16cm.
365			_b20.00 _c£ _d20.00 _f24-03-2021
520			_aSome time ago an elderly Indian friend of Martin Gilbert's, known to him as Auntie Fori, revealed that she was actually Jewish and asked him to recommend a history of the Jews. He decided to write it for her, in letter form, week by week. This book is the result. The letters begin with Abraham's journey from Mesopotamia to Canaan and cover all the great events of Jewish history: the migration to Egypt, entering the Promised Land, Moses and the Ten Commandments, the kingdoms of David and Solomon, the Assyrian destruction of Jewish independence, and so on through ancient and medieval times up to the present day. As one would expect, he writes particularly well - and movingly - about the Holocaust. The last couple of letters in this selection are about the modern state of Israel. _uhttps://py.rohis.site/Uk
650			_aWorld History _9955
650			_aJudaism _9956
650			_aJews _9957
700			_aGILBERT (Martin) _9958
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