Uris covered the Suez Crisis as a war correspondent in 1956 and there are two stories told about how he came to write the work. The first suggests Uris, motivated by an intense interest in Israel, … Meer weergeven

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In 1946, American foreign correspondent Mark Parker and American nurse Kitty Fremont reunite as old friends. Kitty is an American volunteer at the Meer weergeven

Ari Ben Canaan
Ari Ben Canaan, a sabra born and raised on a kibbutz, goes on to become one of the mainstays of the Israeli freedom movement. The handsome Ben Canaan is described as six feet and three inches tall, with dark hair … Meer weergeven

The book became an international bestseller upon its release in 1958, and the biggest bestseller in the United States since Gone with the Wind in 1936. It remained number one on the New York Times bestseller list for nineteen weeks. By the time it … Meer weergeven

• "Babylon" (Mad Men): Don Draper reads the book throughout, and others mention its upcoming film release and bestseller status.
• Wladislaw Dering sued Leon Uris for libel because of allegations made against Dering in the novel. This lawsuit inspired the … Meer weergeven

• Peters, Joan. From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine
• Weissbrod, Rachel, "Exodus as a Zionist Melodrama" in: Israel Studies 4.1 (1999) 129–152
• Martin Kramer, " Meer weergeven