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My Glorious Brothers

by Howard Fast · 1948

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Simon, the oldest of five brothers, chronicles the transformation from farmers to soldiers of the five Maccabee brothers and of their struggle for freedom against the Syrian-Greek conquerers of Judea, in a historical novel that recreates the events celebrated by Jews during the holiday of Hanukkah.

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ancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
JewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
Setting
antiquityantiquityMore like thisLess of thisIsraelIsraelMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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