MASADA
 
‘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.’
 
— THE 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
 
‘Few books have so neatly and effectively united
 
story and illustration. The reader finds himself
 
high up on this rock above the dry yellow
 
wilderness and the azure of the Dead Sea. . . .
 
An extraordinary place, an extraordinary project,
 
an extraordinary book.’