The Story of the Jews Volume Two: Belonging: 1492-1900

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0062998722 ISBN13: 9780062998729 Release Date: July 2020 Publisher: Ecco Press Length: 800 Pages Weight: 2.34 lbs. Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.7" x 8.7" In the second of two volumes of this magnificently illustrated cultural history--the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews--Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people, spanning from their expulsion from Spain in the Inquisition across six hundred years to the present day.It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in the face of oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds.It spans the centuries and the continents--from the Iberian Peninsula and the collapse of "the golden age" to the shtetls of Russia to the dusty streets of infant Hollywood. Its voices ring loud and clear, from the philosophical musings of Spinoza to the poetry written on slips of paper in concentraion camps