Leon Uris

Qb VII: A Novel Leon Uris

Jacket Description/Flap: In Queen's Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book "The Holocaust --born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration camp was the site of his family's extermination--Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwiga's most sadistic inmate/doctors. Kelno has denied this and brought furious charges. Now unfolds Leon Uris' riveting courtroom drama--one of the great fictional trials of the century. Review Quotes: " You open the book and start reading. Quicker than you can say Uris you are caught up at once in the unfolding conflict . . . . It's a professional job all the way . . . . Dramatic, impassioned." --"The New York Times Book Review. " " A fine suspense story, an excellent courtroom story, written with genuine passion. You won't put it down once you've picked it up. It is the author of "Exodus" at his best." --"Newsweek"Review Quotes: "You open the book and start reading. Quicker than you can say Uris you are caught up at once in the unfolding conflict . . . . It's a professional job all the way . . . . Dramatic, impassioned."--"The New York Times Book Review. " "A fine suspense story, an excellent courtroom story, written with genuine passion. You won't put it down once you've picked it up. It is the author of "Exodus" at his best."--"Newsweek"Marc Notes: Novel of law and justice--P. [4] of cover. Publisher Marketing: In Queen's Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book "The Holocaust" - born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration Camp was the site of his family's extermination - Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Keino has denied this and brought furious charges. Now unfolds Leon Uris's riveting courtroom drama - one of the great fictional trials of the century. Publisher Marketing: Depicts the courtroom battle which ensues when an American novelist libels a distinguished British physician. Review Citations:

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 666 (EAN 9781568495637, Library Binding)

Contributor Bio:  Uris, Leon Internationally acclaimed novelist Leon Uris ran away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, and he served at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. His first novel, Battle Cry, was based on his own experiences in the Marines, which he revisited in his final novel, O'Hara's Choice. His other novels include the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others. Leon Uris passed away in June 2003.