Overview
- 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.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- [Lincoln, NE] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Locale
- Palestine
Great Britain
Middle East - Contents
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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. - Notes
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Place of publication taken from publisher's Web site.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781612349435
1612349439 - Physical Description
- xiv, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- 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. HISTORY--Military--World War I. HISTORY--Middle East--Israel & Palestine. HISTORY--Jewish. HISTORY--Middle East--Israel. Geheimdienst. Spionin. Weltkrieg. Biography. Biographies. Aaronsohn, Sarah. Aaronsohn, Sarah,--1890-1917. NILI (Organization : Palestine)
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