1917-1948

"The Great Arab Revolt of 1936 in the Holy Land lasted three years, cost thousands of lives-Jewish, British, and Arab-and cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since. It radicalized the Jewish and Arab communities and made the separation permanent. This book reveals world-changing events through extraordinary people on all sides"--.

In 1924 British Palestine, Mark Bloomberg, a disillusioned London painter, arrives with his American wife and accidentally witnesses the murder of a prominent Orthodox Jew and becomes embroiled in an investigation which threatens both their marriage and their lives.

Examines the history of Palestine under British rule, from 1917 to 1948, and traces the roots of the conflict between the Arabs and Jews that continues to plague the region into the year 2000.

During World War I as the British and Turks struggle for control of Palestine, a Jewish youth becomes unwittingly involved in a dangerous and important mission.

Mary Russell once again teams up with Sherlock Holmes as they are pursued by murderous strangers through the bazaars of 1918 Jerusalem.

An account of the Middle East conflict tracing the British rule of Palestine, the founding and development of the Jewish state of Israel, the growth of Arab nationalism, and the PLO and the Lebanon War.

Provides background information on the founding of the state of Israel, and features a selection of primary and secondary source articles that offer varying perspectives on the need for a Jewish homeland and the birth of Israel.

The history of Palestine from the 1917 Balfour Declaration, promising Jews a national home, through the 1947 partition into Arab and Jewish Provinces.