The Prophets Don't Cry in Vain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780595499793)

Going back to 534 AD, the author of Tripoli introduces Belisarius and his mission to conquer North Africa and to convert Jews and Berbers to Christianity. Past this ancient background the story begins with the bombardment of Tripoli during World War II in a poor section of the city, where Jews, Christians and Muslims sustained most of the damage from the war, and were the Jacob family resided. Sofia, the grandmother's of five finds herself struggling to keep the family alive, first with the Italians, the Germans, then the British and finally with the people that she trusted the most the Libyan Arabs.

Author: Joel G. Mantin
ISBN-10: 0595499791
ISBN-13: 9780595499793
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d