From inside the dust jacket: Considered the ultimate novel about the founding of Israel, Exodus stands as an electrifying work of fiction.....Meticulously researched and passionately wriitten by Leon Uris, Exodus is entertainment on a grand scale. Beginning with the infyuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe and stretching to the fight for independence, Exodus is a sweeping novel of war, intrigue, hope, sorrow, politics, and love in the midst of a struggle that shook the world.