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Bible and Sword audiobook
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
- Category: Europe, Great Britain, History
- Length: 12 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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Bible and Sword Audiobook Summary
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state–and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today.
From early times the British people have been drawn to the Holy Land through two major influences: the translation of the Bible into English and, later, the imperial need to control the road to India and access to the oil in the Middle East. Under these influences, one cultural and the other political, countless Englishmen–pilgrims, crusaders, missionaries, merchants, explorers, and surveyors–have made their way to the land of the ancient Hebrews.
With the lucidity and vividness that characterizes her work, Barbara Tuchman brings to life the development of these twin motives–the Bible and the sword–in the consciousness of the British people. They were finally brought together at the end of World War I, when Britain’s conquest of Palestine from the Turks and the solemn moment of entering Jerusalem were imminent. Requiring a gesture of matching significance, that event evoked the Balfour Declaration of 1917–establishing a British-sponsored national home for the modern survivors of the people of the Old Testament.
In her account, first published in 1956, Ms. Tuchman demonstrates that the seeds of today’s troubles in the Middle East were planted long before the first efforts at founding a modern state of Israel.
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Bible and Sword Audiobook Narrator
Wanda McCaddon is the narrator of Bible and Sword audiobook that was written by Barbara W. Tuchman
Wanda McCaddon (a.k.a. Nadia May or Donada Peters) has narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, has earned numerous Earphones Awards, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine.
About the Author(s) of Bible and Sword
Barbara W. Tuchman is the author of Bible and Sword
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Bible and Sword Full Details
| Narrator | Wanda McCaddon |
| Length | 12 hours 33 minutes |
| Author | Barbara W. Tuchman |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 18, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781483058375 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Bible and Sword is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Europe, Great Britain, History
Additional info
The publisher of the Bible and Sword is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781483058375.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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