Grave Matters by Margaret Yorke
Thousands of years ago, the prophet Ezekiel foretold a future time in which the arid land of Israel would come alive for its people. Now this breathtaking book documents the fulfillment of that vision--from the hills of Shiloh where shepherds once roamed, to the booming city of Tel Aviv, founded on sand dunes, to the stellar beaches of Caesarea, transformed from a small village into one of Israel's most stunning coastal cities and finally to Jerusalem, the Eternal City of Peace, where in ancient times the power of worship resounded from the Temple. Here, rarely seen photographs taken between the 1880s and the 1940s juxtaposed with contemporary images of the same locations illustrate the region's biblical history as a place of monumental battle, celebration, worship, and awesome resilience.Whether by helicopter or on foot, on their own or with the aid of locals, author Doug Hershey and photographer Elise Monique Theriault negotiate the terrain to access the vantage points required to match the original photos--from the rooftop of Israel's National Museum of Science, Technology and Space in Haifa, to Jaffa Port's breakwater, and much more. Their quest creates a collection that will inspire and captivate as it illuminates Israel's foretold awakening in a new and unforgettable way.
Margaret Yorke (Margaret Beda Nicholson) was born in Surrey, England, in 1924 to John and Alison Larminie. She grew up in Dublin before returning to England in 1937 with her family, settling in Hampshire, however she now resides in a small village in Buckinghamshire. She worked as a driver for the Women's Royal Navy Service during WWII. She married in 1945, but the marriage barely lasted ten years, despite the fact that they had two children, a boy and a daughter. Her childhood love of literature was rekindled during her five years living near Stratford-upon-Avon, and she also worked as a bookseller and librarian in two Oxford colleges, the first woman to serve in Christ Church. She has traveled extensively and is particularly interested in Greece and Russia.
Her debut novel was published in 1957, although she didn't start writing crime fiction until 1970. Dr. Patrick Grant, an Oxford don and amateur detective who shares her love of Shakespeare, appears in a series of five novels. Additional crime and mystery novels followed, totaling forty-three, but the Grant novels were limited to five because, as she put it, writers utilizing a serial investigator are caught by their series. That prevents some of them from progressing as authors.
She takes pride in the fact that many of her books are about ordinary people who find themselves in exceptional situations that are either dangerous or just horrifying. This aspect of her writing ensures a devoted following among readers, who invariably relate with some of the characters and recognize issues that may arise in daily life. Indeed, she claims that complex plots are less important to her than characters, and that when she writes, I don't influence the characters, they manipulate me. Critics have described her as having a marvellous use of language, and she has been compared to P.D.
Rendells, James and Ruth She is a former chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 1999, after previously receiving the Swedish Academy of Detection's Martin Beck Prize.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099131809 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099131803 |
| Title | Grave Matters |
| Author | Margaret Yorke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1990-07-19 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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