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Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
Dan Ephron
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Description for Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
hardcover. A riveting story about the murder that changed a nation: the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains very fine
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by Orthodox Jew Yigal Amir, twenty years ago this November, remains the most consequential event in the country's recent history. Killing a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the assassination, as Rabin plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and Amir plotted murder. Dan Ephron covered both the rally where Rabin was assassinated and the subsequent murder trial. This deeply researched narrative is based on a trove of documents from the era and interviews with the key players, including members of Amir's family. Only through the prism of ... Read more
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by Orthodox Jew Yigal Amir, twenty years ago this November, remains the most consequential event in the country's recent history. Killing a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the assassination, as Rabin plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and Amir plotted murder. Dan Ephron covered both the rally where Rabin was assassinated and the subsequent murder trial. This deeply researched narrative is based on a trove of documents from the era and interviews with the key players, including members of Amir's family. Only through the prism of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393242096
SKU
KSG0031718
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About Dan Ephron
An award-winning writer, Dan Ephron has served as the Jerusalem bureau chief for Newsweek and the Daily Beast and now lives in New York City.
Reviews for Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
...a riveting new book about the prime minister and his murderer.
Ian Black - The Guardian Vividly written and sharply insightful, Killing a King is an important and valuable addition to our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Literary Review Exceptional...an electrifying political narrative twinned with an old-fashioned crime story-of the sort that ought to ... Read more
Ian Black - The Guardian Vividly written and sharply insightful, Killing a King is an important and valuable addition to our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Literary Review Exceptional...an electrifying political narrative twinned with an old-fashioned crime story-of the sort that ought to ... Read more