'A book of the first importance and of great originality ... a remarkable achievement.' Max Beloff 'An academic work of immense knowledge and scholarship. It is recommended as a well-written, highly detailed, and accurate assessment of the diplomacy of Lucien Wolf.' Baron Frankal 'Impressive ... has implications well beyond the exploration of one man's diplomatic activity on behalf of British ... Read moreand British-Jewish interests ... Levene demonstrates brilliantly that Wolf was a pragmatist with formidable intellectual resilience ... richly detailed, but most readable work.' David Cesarani, Jewish Chronicle 'Illuminates a critical episode in an unconventional discipline, pre-1948 Jewish diplomatic history. Herein lies the great strength of the book: Levene does not treat his subject like a normative segment of diplomatic history; he is sensitive to the facts that there was no army or government backing up Wolf, and that any impact he might possibly have made must be seen as extraordinary ... Levene achieves an impressive critical distance from his subject, and this will possibly place his work among the more authoritative interpretations in the long run ... superb study ... Levene's research and judgments are meticulous without being pedantic ... an immensely valuable book, which will be of interest to scholars in Anglo-Jewish history, east European Jewish history and politics, Zionist history, diplomatic history, and those interested in the eternally grey zone between peoples, ethnic groups, and publicly recognized nations while the world is crashing down.' Michael Berkowitz, AJS Review 'Substantially documented, suggestive.' Eugene C. Black, Times Literary Supplement Show Less