Exodus (Modern Classics) - Hardcover

Uris, Leon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517207982 ISBN 13: 9780517207987

Publisher: Wings, 2000

Synopsis

Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event.  Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power.  Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era.  Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
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About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of the triumphant founding of the new Israel." -- The New York Times

About the Author:

An internationally acclaimed novelist for over 30 years, Leon Uris was the author of Battle Cry, The Angry Hills, Exodus, Mila 18, Armageddon, Topas QB VII, Trinity, The Haj, Mitla Pass, and Redemption, and two highly praised works of nonfiction in collaboration with his wife, Ireland: A Terrible Beauty and Jerusalem: Song of Songs. He lived in Aspen, Colorado, with his wife, photographer Jill Uris, and their two children. He died in 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wings
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0517207982
• ISBN 13: 9780517207987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640