‘Yigael Yadin’s great book, whose splendour matches
that of the achievement which it records and that of
the heroism it commemorates. . . . It would be
impossible within the limits of a review to give an
account of all the thrilling discoveries made during
the two years of excavations’
Times Literary Supplement
‘Masada is associated with some of the most frightful
deeds of heroism in all history. Its recent exploration
was more an heroic act of tribute to the past than an
ordinary excavation. . . . Such a total involvement
with the heroic is unusual and gives this book a
unique quality’
Jacquetta Hawkes, Sunday Times
‘A highly readable story of devoted archaeology’
Sunday Times
‘Book of the Year, Yadin’s book provides a unique
opportunity to reconsider that period and to relive
the last stand on Masada. The illustrations are chosen
to inform and instruct and they provide an education
in themselves. The colour, the production as a whole,
makes this unquestionably the book of the year’
Jon Kimche, Jewish Observer and Middle East Review
Cover Picture: Air view of the rock of Masada from south
to north.
Illustrated
ISBN 0 349 13775 7