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The assassination of Czar Alexander in 1881 unleashed a sequence of consequences which impelled, in the next two decades, the birth of Zionism and the proliferation of transatlantic migrations.
Following a family of Russian Jews scattered by persecution and re-united by chance at the Mansion House in London where a humanitarian mission is launched with mixed motives.
Jewish refugees attempt to cope with the asphyxiating realities of domestic and spiritual life in the pestilential Austro-Hungarian bolthole which is Brody. A pair of young lovers whose lives entwined with the quixotic misadventures of a husband and wife team with messianic inclinations and royal connections.
A tale of survival despite best laid plans, That Business at Brody is a historical novel told by a variety of narrators with humour and humanity and pulls focus on transient life with contemporary resonance.
“Essential historical fiction written with wit, knowledge, and elegance.”
– Gordon Henderson, author of ‘Out of the Shadows’
“A history of suffering and an affecting love story that adds significantly to historical fiction.”
– Gerald Lynch, author of ‘Plaguing Jake’
This book was made with the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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