Used paperback in fair condition. Cover showing above average wear. Pages with normal age discolouration. Pages in first half of book seem to have some very slight water damage. Slight folding but does not distract from reading or affect text. tear between flyleaf and spine. 1032 pages. Published by Corgi Books, 1972. ISBN 0552087904.

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colourful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict.