The Glory
A Novel
Published on 11. June 2024
600 pages
978-1-5040-9656-0 (ISBN)
Description
New York Times Bestseller: "A sprawling action-packed novel" of Israel by the author of
The Hope (
The Philadelphia Inquirer).
This follow-up to The Hope plunges immediately into the violence and upheaval of the Six-Day War of 1967 and continues the stories of its multiple characters and of Israel's dramatic struggle for survival across the years. The Glory takes readers through the terrors of the Yom Kippur War, the famous Entebbe operation, and the airstrikes on Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor-and ending with a final hope for peace.
Illuminating the inner lives of real Israeli leaders-including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Ariel Sharon-the Pulitzer Prize-winning "master of the historical novel" tells the chronicle of Israel's fight to exist with a compelling sense of both the broad significance of this time in history and its personal impact on those who lived through it ( Los Angeles Times).
"A genuinely enjoyable read." - The Detroit News
"A top-notch storyteller." - Time
This follow-up to The Hope plunges immediately into the violence and upheaval of the Six-Day War of 1967 and continues the stories of its multiple characters and of Israel's dramatic struggle for survival across the years. The Glory takes readers through the terrors of the Yom Kippur War, the famous Entebbe operation, and the airstrikes on Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor-and ending with a final hope for peace.
Illuminating the inner lives of real Israeli leaders-including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Ariel Sharon-the Pulitzer Prize-winning "master of the historical novel" tells the chronicle of Israel's fight to exist with a compelling sense of both the broad significance of this time in history and its personal impact on those who lived through it ( Los Angeles Times).
"A genuinely enjoyable read." - The Detroit News
"A top-notch storyteller." - Time
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Person
Herman Wouk (1915-2019) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of fiction and nonfiction. His works include
The Caine Mutiny,
Marjorie Morningstar,
The Hope, and
The Glory. Several of his books have been adapted into films and miniseries. Wouk's early career as a radio comedy writer included a stint on the Fred Allen Show. He later became a naval officer after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Wouk's novels
The Winds of War and
War and Remembrance delve into Jewish peoples experiences during World War II. In 1999, he received the Jewish Book Council Lifetime Achievement Award.
