A01=Ben Brown
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Ben Brown
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DD
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Pre-order
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=0
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_poetry
Jewish
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Politics
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
Society
softlaunch
WWI
Product details
- ISBN 9780571268870
- Weight: 131g
- Dimensions: 127 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 18 Feb 2010
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
It's the beginning of World War I and Herbert Samuel - the first practicing Jew ever to sit in a British Cabinet - dreams of using British power to back a return of the Jews to Palestine after 1800 years. However, his cousin, Edwin Montagu - also in the Cabinet - is implacably opposed to the idea, a conflict complicated by Montagu's passion for the beautiful aristocrat, Venetia Stanley, a confidante of the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith.
Politics, religion and love collide with world-changing effect in this play of political and sexual intrigue, and the origins of Israel.
The Promise premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre in February 2010.
