Description

In his trademark type of great storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time for you to the Sacred Land, tens and thousands of years previously. By researching the lives and discoveries of contemporary archaeologists excavating the website of Tell Makor, Michener strongly re creates life in and around an old city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the serious record of the Jews, including that of the first Hebrews and their persecution, the effect of Christianity to the Jewish world, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition. Michener weaves his epic story of love, religion, and power until at last he arrives at the beginning of Israel and the current struggle in the centre East. The Origin isn't merely a powerful record of the Holy Land and its people but a highly written tale that includes the growth of Western culture and the truly amazing spiritual and social ideas that have shaped the world.