Books on The British Mandate

Biographies and memoirs

Period novels

Non-Fiction

Fiction Books set in the British Mandate of Palestine

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Book Title

Author

Setting

Comments

No of Linked Reviews

Publisher

The City called Holy

Maurice Callard

1947

A British Palestine Policeman's Affair with a member of the IRA. The author worked in the Palestine Police

1 review


When I lived in Modern Times

Linda Grant

Post WW2

2000 Orange Prize winner A British woman joins the resistance to British Rule. Stand alone

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Granta

School for Love

Olivia Manning

WW2

Story of a small boy inJerusalem. The author worked for the Palestine Post and radio during WW2



Struggling Free

Margaret Penfold

1938-1942

1st of proposed trilogy. The Story of 3 women and their role in the Death of British Palestine Policeman. Author lived in mandate during this era

1 review

Imagination Books

The Sergeants' Tale

Rubens, Bernice

Post WW2

Based on the true story of the murder of two British Sergeants

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Little Brown

Jerusalem Interlude

Thoene, Bodie and Brock

WW2

WW2 Part of Zion Chronicle series. Most books in the series set in Europe

0

Viking

A Palestine Affair

Wilson, Jonathan

Mid-1920s

Based on the life of a real artist.

0

Five Leaves

The Hope

Wouk, Hermann

Post WW2 with flashbacks

The Israeli War of Independence. The first of 2 novels, the second is The Glory

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