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Exodus. (Uris novel) Exodus is a historical novel by American novelist Leon Uris about the founding of the State of Israel beginning with a compressed retelling of the voyages of the 1947 immigration ship Exodus and describing the histories of the various main characters and the ties of their personal lives to the birth of the new Jewish state.
Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books, including Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (published in 1976).
Mila 18. Mila 18 is a historical novel by Leon Uris set in German -occupied Warsaw, Poland, before and during World War II. Mila 18 debuted at #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list and peaked at #2 in August 1961. [1] Leon Uris 's work, based on real events, covers the Nazi occupation of Poland and the atrocities of systematically ...
Trinity (novel) Categories: American novels by writer. Jewish American novels. Jewish American literature by writer. 20th-century American literature.
QB VII. QB VII by Leon Uris is a dramatic courtroom novel published in 1970. The four-part novel highlights the events leading to a libel trial in the United Kingdom. The novel was Uris's second consecutive #1 New York Times Best Seller and third overall. The novel is loosely based on a court case for defamation (Dering v Uris) that arose from ...
Exodus. (1960 film) Exodus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film about the founding of the State of Israel. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger, the screenplay was adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the 1958 novel of the same name by Leon Uris. The film stars an ensemble cast including Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson ...
The Haj. The Haj is a novel published in 1984 by American author Leon Uris that tells the story of the birth of Israel from the viewpoint of a Palestinian Arab. [1] "Haj" in the novel's title refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make at least once in their lifetime. The title is ...
Dering v Uris. Dering v Uris and Others was a 1964 English libel suit brought by Polish-born Wladislaw Dering [de] against the American writer Leon Uris. [1] It was described at the time as the first war crimes trial held in Britain. Dering alleged that Uris had libelled him in a footnote in his novel Exodus, which described his participation ...