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The bestselling novel that follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war, from the author of The Secret Chord and of March, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is a novel of sweeping historical... Read Full Overview

View our feature on Geraldine Books's People of the Book . From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March , the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime:... Read Full Overview

One of the earliest Jewish religious volumes to be illuminated with images, the Sarajevo Haggadah survived centuries of purges and wars thanks to people of all faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March,... Read Full Overview

The bestselling novel that follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war, from the author of The Secret Chord and of March, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is a novel of sweeping historical... Read Full Overview

Illuminated manuscripts are almost unheard of in the Jewish faith. But somehow, the Sarajevo Haggadah survived the Spanish Inquisition, was saved from burnings, and was smuggled under a Nazi officer's nose. Fifty years later, the war in Bosnia nearly claimed the book again... Read Full Overview

anna Heath, uma australiana especialista em livros raros, acaba de ser convocada para a miss?o de sua vida: restaurar e analisar a hist?ria por tr?s da famosa Hagad? de sarajevo, resgatada ap?s um bombardeio s?rvio durante a guerra da B?snia. Uma obra de beleza e valor imensur?veis,... Read Full Overview