Description
In this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat
to German national integrity.
Author: Amos Elon
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 12/01/2003
Pages: 446
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.62w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780312422813
ISBN10: 0312422814
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Germany
- History | World | General
- History | Jewish | General
About the Author
Amos Elon is the author of eight widely praised books including Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild, and the New York Times bestseller Israelis: Founders and Sons. He was a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The New York Review of Books. He passed away in 2009.