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I was really looking forward to reading this book. I love historical fiction and I'm always very interested in learning more about history in other parts of the world. The People of the Book is about the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated Jewish manuscript, which was rescued by a Muslim librarian. Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is given the task to examine and conserve the Haggadah. The plot goes from the present time with Hannah, to her findings in the Haggadah and charact ...more
I was really looking forward to reading this book. I love historical fiction and I'm always very interested in learning more about history in other parts of the world. The People of the Book is about the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated Jewish manuscript, which was rescued by a Muslim librarian. Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is given the task to examine and conserve the Haggadah. The plot goes from the present time with Hannah, to her findings in the Haggadah and charact ...more
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Bianca Rose
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