Description
| Product ID: | 9780007506194 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Reckoning |
| Subtitle: | Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land |
| Authors: | Author: Patrick Bishop |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Israel, Palestine, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the bestselling author of ‘Fighter Boys’, the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world. From the bestselling author of ‘Fighter Boys’, the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world.On a cold, bright morning in February 1942, fugitive Avraham Stern was cornered in a flat in Tel-Aviv and shot dead. His killer, Assistant Superintendent Geoffrey Morton, claimed Stern was trying to escape. But Stern was no ordinary criminal. And witnesses insisted he was executed in cold blood.Stern was a militant Zionist, self-proclaimed Jewish liberator of British Palestine and mastermind of bloody terrorist attacks targeting and killing policemen. On the run from Morton, a British colonial policeman assigned to capture him, his shooting inspired a cult of martyrdom that would ignite enmities between Jews, British and Arabs in the future hotbed of Israel. The Reckoning is the first book to tell the tale of a rebel who terrorized Palestine, the lawman determined to stop him and the events that led to their fatal meeting. |
| Imprint Name: | William Collins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-01-15 |