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Size: 9x7x0; Some bumping to lower corners. Signed by both authors on half

Size: 9x7x0; Some bumping to lower corners. Signed by both authors on half title page. Inscribed "For Ben-Try heating up this place-Lee Uris Shalom Jill Uris". Jill and Leon Uris came to Ireland looking for answers. Why was Ireland bled by one internal war after another? How can one country contain such greatness and grief? What they discovered was more than the Ireland of peat fires and pubs, of fabled Irish wit and the haunts of the banshees. What they found was a people--trapped in mutual mistrust, but with a courage and kindness that brought them through centuries of bitter occupation and civil dissension, in a land as complexly beautiful as the people themselves. This then is the Urises' love song to the Irish and to Ireland. Leon Uris (1924-2003) was an author of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays whose works include numerous bestselling novels. His epic Exodus (1958) has been translated into over fifty languages. Uris's work is notable for its focus on dramatic moments in contemporary history, including World War II and its aftermath, the birth of modern Israel, and the Cold War. Through the massive success of his novels and his skill as a storyteller, Uris has had enormous influence on popular understanding of twentieth-century history. Jill Uris, wife of Leon, studied photography at Colorado College, Harvard, and New York University. She served as associate director of the Center of the Eye, a photography school in Aspen, Colorado. Copies signed by both rarely offered.