Green, Abigail
Moses Montefiore
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674064195
- author:
- Green, Abigail
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 560
- Dimensions:
- 16.2 x 1.5 x 23.5 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, 1701-1900
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Sir Moses Montefiore was a humanitarian and philanthropist who played a pivotal role in Jewish emancipation on a grand scale. His life story is a remarkable tale of diplomacy, adventure, and the transformation of Jewish life in Europe, the Middle East, and the New World. This biography brings together the public triumphs of Montefiore's foreign missions with the private tragedy of his childless marriage, offering a unique perspective on the diversity of nineteenth-century Jewry. From London to Jerusalem, Rome to St. Petersburg, Morocco to Istanbul, Green's masterly work bridges the East-West divide in modern Jewish history, shedding light on the origins of Zionism and the rise of international Jewish consciousness. With its global scope and meticulous research, this biography is a significant contribution to our understanding of the modern world, restoring a chapter to the history of our time that was previously missing.
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