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Author:
Wallance, Gregory, author.
Title:
The woman who fought an empire : Sarah Aaronsohn and her Nili spy ring / Gregory J. Wallance.
Publisher:
Potomac Booksan imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xiv, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Subject:
Aaronsohn, Sarah.
NILI (Organization : Palestine)
NILI (Organization : Palestine)
Aaronsohn, Sarah.
World War (1914-1918)
Spies--Palestine--Biography.
Zionists--Palestine--Biography.
World War, 1914-1918--Secret service--Great Britain.
Espionage, British--Palestine.
Espionage, British.
Secret service.
Spies.
Zionists.
Great Britain.
Middle East--Palestine.
1914-1918
Biography.
Notes:
Place of publication taken from publisher's website. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
I will be really happy when I am home -- Two cannot take three places : what is missing is missing -- Don't you feel that a new generation is born? -- What sights her eyes have seen -- They must attack immediately -- The wait -- Aaron aaronsohn's journey -- One of your men came across the desert -- What about Avshalom? -- Black nights -- What I have done, I have done purely for my people and my country -- To Sarah -- We are watched by a thousand eyes -- Everywhere I turn I feel his absence -- The situation is getting worse -- She is worth a hundred men -- The boys will turn into green crowned date palms.
Summary:
"The Woman Who Fought an Empire" tells the improbable odyssey of a spirited young woman--the daughter of Romanian-born Jewish settlers in Palestine--and her journey from unhappy housewife to daring leader of a notorious Middle East spy ring.
ISBN:
1612349439
9781612349435
OCLC:
(OCoLC)995805958
LCCN:
2017034902
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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