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The Deed

The Deed

BiographyHistory
Pages
317
Published
1963
Language
English

Synopsis

This book recounts the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo in 1944 by two members of the Jewish militant group Lehi, also known as the Stern Gang. It delves into the political climate of Palestine under the British Mandate and the motivations behind the act. The narrative explores the lives of the assassins, the victim, and the broader implications of this significant event in Middle Eastern history.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeComplexThought-Provoking

Genres

Biography History Political Thriller

About the author

G
Gerold Frank

American author and ghostwriter. He wrote several celebrity memoirs and was considered a pioneer of the "as told to" form of (auto)biography. His two best-known books, however, are The Boston Strangler (1966), which was adapted as the 1968 movie starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda, and An American Death (1972), about the assassination of Martin Luther King.