Leon UrisReviews

After writing "Exodus", Leon Uris produced this novel, also a description of Jewish heroism. Warsaw, capital of Polnd was the site of two uprisings against the German occupation. While the one in 1944, when the bulk of the city was finally destroted by the German army while the Russian Army sat just outside town, watching rather than assisting the Polish uprising, this work deals with the earlier uprising in 1943 when the Warsaw ghetto rose up and died fighting rather than be deported to the labour and extermination camps. The tale is compelling and well written. The Polish resistance did not aid the earlier uprising, either.½

Half of book was rehash of Trinity

I desperately wanted a book that explained the foundations of Israel in historical fiction terms snd this book does so wonderfully. But it is more propaganda than historical fiction. All Arabs are smelly, backward and dishonest. All Jews are heroic with God on their side. And there are some out and out lies. There was a ship Exodus filled with Jewish refugees that was not allowed to disembark in Israel but it was not filled solely with children who were holocaust victims who went on hunger strike. This exaggeration made me doubt other claims in the book. Were the Middle East leaders all Nazi sympathisers? Did Israel really have so few arms?

That said, I learnt a lot. It’s just I want to know even more.

It was written in the fifties when the narrative was more about why Israel should exist. Nowadays everyone but HAMAS and Corbynites believes it should but we want more about how it can do so peacefully.

great story of the Middle East

The military history in this one was interesting, but I was bored otherwise with this book.

You can tell that everyone involved in this movie was extremely talented -- e.g., given the subject matter the dialogue could easily have been over the top, a bunch of heroic expounding, but Dalton Trumbo kept it mostly grounded. However, it never really coheres into much more than a very long string of events, without much character development to speak of. You always sense the high political stakes of what's going on, but from moment to moment you don't actually feel each individual character's personal investment.½

Epic is the word.
I haven't read a better novel on the formation of current day Israel.

I read and enjoyed, when younger, many novels about war. This is one I recall by its title, though not by its details.

"Mila 18" is a historical novel written by Leon Uris. It was first published in 1961 and is based on the true story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II.

The novel takes its name from the address of the main resistance bunker in the Warsaw Ghetto, located at 18 Mila Street. The story follows a group of Jewish resistance fighters who are determined to resist the Nazis and their efforts to exterminate the Jewish population.

"Mila 18" provides a fictionalized account of the events that occurred during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. The main characters in the novel are based on real people who participated in the resistance, and Uris's narrative weaves together their individual stories to create a powerful and poignant depiction of the Jewish struggle against Nazi oppression.

The book explores themes of heroism, sacrifice, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of extreme adversity. It highlights the courage and determination of the Jewish fighters, who despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned, refused to surrender and fought for their freedom.

"Mila 18" is considered one of Leon Uris's most significant works, alongside his other well-known novel, "Exodus." It has been praised for its historical accuracy, compelling characters, and gripping storytelling. The novel provides a poignant portrayal of the Holocaust and serves as a reminder of the horrors that occurred during that dark period in history.

Leon Uris was a very popular author in his day, and his South Pacific War novel was very popular, indeed. It reads well, and has been frequently reprinted since its orignal arrival in 1953. There are gory bits, and the effect seems very realistic, though not quite so gripping as "The naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer. Still well worth the reading.

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Nope, couldn’t do it. It’s supposed to be a classic or something...I barely got to chapter 8 and I quit...this one isn’t for me.

A bookclub read. Learnt lots about Ireland and Ulster, very enlightening and at the same time made the whole Irish conflit more complicated. Funny read with MOD soppy sections meddled with great historical info on the history and facts of the conflict. Learnt lots from this and it makes it clearer how difficult an outcome is for Ireland. Recommended read for the historical facts.

Kanske aldrig mer (Battle Cry) är en bok från 1953 författad av Leon Uris och är hans delvis självbiografiska debutroman. Leon Uris var själv med i marinkåren vid kriget i Stilla havet. Boken handlar om en ung marinkårssoldat under andra världskrigets strider vid Stilla havet.

This was an interesting fictionalized account of the reasons behind the never ending tensions in the middle east. It took a close look at the hatred between the Jews and the Muslim people. A good, solid read.

Good action novel. Uprising in Warsaw.

Good novel of the early Israeli nation.

Good historical novel on the marines in WWII. Saw the movie too.

Wow! Just wow! I’ve just started to reread and sometimes read for the first time Leon Uris’s books about World War II (European Theatre) and am just blown away by them. Armageddon is particularly interesting, and one wonders whether certain things in this book are total fiction or whether they are based on fact. Example: the approach toward governing in Berlin (and Germany in general) after the war ended, which is fascinatingly logical.

Here's what I wrote in 2008 about this read: "Story of Irish and British in WWI, follows-up on Trinity. Online reviews not particularly favorable, although all laud the description of the Battle of Gallipoli, which MGA has recalled many times since reading this novel. Also interesting, one of the character's name popped when read online: Caroline Hubble, the Englishwoman who lost two sons in Gallipoli."

This book really kept my attention, even in high school.

I read this at my father's urging at thirteen. Ripe with imagery, heroic in its stance and full of grand characters, it took my imagination on a rambling ride. A lovely read when you're young.

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QB VII by Leon Uris is a fictional book, taking place in the Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, a trial of a doctor in a concentration camp. Mr. Uris is an American author who is mostly known for his two historical fiction books Exodus and Trinity.

Famous author Abraham Cady is being sued for slander. In his best-selling book, The Holocaust, there’s a paragraph asserting that Sir Adam Kelno was a sadistic surgeon in Jadwiga Concentration Camp.

Kelno, of course, denies the accusations. During the trial, Cady is put on the defense over and over again, his reputation and legacy in danger.

QB VII by Leon Uris is a great story that is well put together. The whole book forces the reader to piece the truth themselves, as well as try to figure out the meaning of “slander”.

This a novel, but there is much proof that the horrible treatment and experiments described, are based on factual information. I also enjoyed reading about how the English legal system work, a fascinating subject all by itself.

Like other books I read by Mr. Uris, this one also grabs the reader from the first page to the last. If I had to complain about anything, it would certainly be the obscurity of the title, which almost made me not pick it up.

Mr. Uris does certainly does not pull any punches. The horrifying testimony of the victims is difficult to read, especially with the knowledge that the barbaric large-scale Nazi sterilization projects did happen.

While the subject is, indeed, very serious, there’s also playfulness within the narrative. I have no idea how Mr. Uris managed to do that, but it just shows his talent that he managed to pull this off. Especially if you consider the subject.

There’s much hypocrisy, bias, and legal maneuvers in the book, and could have been written about almost any other slander case. The author is very sensitive to the subject and did not contrive some absurd situation to make a point.

I discovered that QB VII was based on Mr. Uris’ experience. After he wrote Exodus, he was being sued by a former doctor in Auschwitz (Dering v Uris). The defendants agreed that the footnote was defamatory to Dering, they also insisted it was true to substance. While the court did rule for Dering, it awarded him the smallest amount possible of damages (halfpenny).

4/26/22