Leon Uris
American writer (Baltimore, August 3, 1924 – Shelter Island, New York, June 21, 2003), participated in II. World War II as a marine on the Pacific battlefield; after the war he worked as a journalist. In his first novels, he thematized the war experience (Battle Cry, 1953; The Angry Hills, 1955). His most famous novels are about recent historical events: about the events surrounding the founding of the State of Israel and after it (Exodus, 1958), about the Warsaw Ghetto and the anti-German uprising (Mila 18, 1960), about the Irish struggle for independence (Trinity, 1976 ) and other. He wrote scripts for several films (eg Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 1957, directed by John Sturges).
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Armageddon 1
A 1963 novel by Leon Uris about Berlin and Germany after World War II. The novel begins in London during World War II and goes up to the occupation of Berlin by the Four Powers and the Soviet land blockade of the western districts of the city.
Armageddon 2
A 1963 novel by Leon Uris about Berlin and Germany after World War II. The novel begins in London during World War II and goes up to the occupation of Berlin by the Four Powers and the Soviet land blockade of the western districts of the city.
QB VII
QB VII is a dramatic courtroom novel that highlights the events leading up to the libel trial in four parts. The novel was Uris' second consecutive #1 New York Times bestseller and third overall.