This Promised Land

By Gloria Goldreich

Lured by the prophet's song and by fiery Zionist tracts, they came from the dark shtetls and ghettos of Europe to claim a shining land where oranges burned bright upon the trees, where men and women... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425054640
• ISBN13: 9780425054642
• Release Date: July 1982
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Recent History of the Promised Land

This is a throughly enjoyable book -- a fictional history of Israel covering the period between the late 1800's and the Balfore Declaration. Gloria Goldreich manages to turn a lot of 'history' into a very charming and readable story of a family as they settle the land that will eventually become the State of Israel. The characters are fascinating and well drawn. Their relationships with their Arab neighbors and the Turkish authorities interesting and accurately rendered. A vast amount of Jewish history has been packaged in this small, delightful book.