The Story Of The Jews Volume Two: Belonging: 1492-1900
by Simon Schama /
2017 / English / EPUB
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In the second of three volumes of this magnificently
illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC
series
In the second of three volumes of this magnificently
illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC
seriesThe Story of the Jews
The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama details the
story of the Jewish people from 1492 through the end of
nineteenth century
, Simon Schama details the
story of the Jewish people from 1492 through the end of
nineteenth century
Simon Schama’s great project continues and the Jewish story is
woven into the fabric of humanity. Their search for a home where
a distinctive religion and culture could be nourished without
being marginalized suddenly takes on startling resonance in our
own epoch of homelessness, wanderings, persecutions, and anxious
arrivals.
Simon Schama’s great project continues and the Jewish story is
woven into the fabric of humanity. Their search for a home where
a distinctive religion and culture could be nourished without
being marginalized suddenly takes on startling resonance in our
own epoch of homelessness, wanderings, persecutions, and anxious
arrivals.
Volume 2 of The Story of the Jews epic tells the stories of many
who seldom figure in Jewish histories: not just the rabbis and
the philosophers but a poetess in the ghetto of Venice; a general
in Ming China; a boxer in Georgian England, a Bible showman in
Amsterdam; a teacher of the deaf in eighteenth-century France, an
opera composer in nineteenth-century Germany. The story unfolds
in Kerala and Mantua, the starlit hills of Galilee, the rivers of
Colombia, the kitchens of Istanbul, the taverns of Ukraine and
the mining camps of California. It sails in caravels, rides the
stagecoaches and the railways, trudges the dawn streets of London
with a pack load of old clothes, hobbles along with the remnant
of Napoleon’s ruined army.
Volume 2 of The Story of the Jews epic tells the stories of many
who seldom figure in Jewish histories: not just the rabbis and
the philosophers but a poetess in the ghetto of Venice; a general
in Ming China; a boxer in Georgian England, a Bible showman in
Amsterdam; a teacher of the deaf in eighteenth-century France, an
opera composer in nineteenth-century Germany. The story unfolds
in Kerala and Mantua, the starlit hills of Galilee, the rivers of
Colombia, the kitchens of Istanbul, the taverns of Ukraine and
the mining camps of California. It sails in caravels, rides the
stagecoaches and the railways, trudges the dawn streets of London
with a pack load of old clothes, hobbles along with the remnant
of Napoleon’s ruined army.
Through Schama’s passionate and intelligent telling, a story
emerges of the Jewish people that feels as if it is the story of
everyone, of humanity packed with detail, this second chronicle
in an epic tale will shed new light on a crucial period of
history.
Through Schama’s passionate and intelligent telling, a story
emerges of the Jewish people that feels as if it is the story of
everyone, of humanity packed with detail, this second chronicle
in an epic tale will shed new light on a crucial period of
history.