Ploughing Sand: British Rule in Palestine, 1917-1948
"A work of exhaustive and scrupulous research."  --Tim Garton Ash, The Spectator"Fine cameo biographies of radical and rebellious women." --Julia Neuberger, The Times"Her poignant chronicle of Wilfrid Israel's heroic journey has the fluency and pace of a first-rate thriller."   --Joshua Sherman, Times Literary Supplement"In a work which reads like a detective story, Naomi Shepherd has uncovered an historical Aladdin's cave of drama and intrigue, casting considerable new light on the efforts that were made to rescue Jews from Nazi persecution."  --Martin Gilbert"Shepherd's account of Bertha Pappenheim's life and work is exemplary, as, indeed, is her detailed treatment of all the material in this unusual book."  --Elaine Feinstein, Sunday Times"The Zealous Intruders is as rich in anecdote as in solid historical detail... A fascinating and compelling account."  --Nissim Rejwan, Jerusalem Post