Author: Synge, Ursula:
Title: The People & The Promise.
Description: London, The Bodley Head, 1974. 1st Ed., H/B pale blue cloth bds, Fine in Fine unclipped d/w, prelim. stuck down neatly to front pastedown, library stamp on title verso, contents fine, tight and bright, a very nice copy. The story begins with a powerful reconstruction of the Exodus from Egypt and the journey towards the Promised Land. In the second half it gives an account of the wilderness years and how Moses finally forges a people who can fight for and conquer Canaan.

Keywords: novel, juvenile, story, children's, Moses, Egypt, religion, history, religious, Exodus, Israelites, slavery, Promised Land, wilderness, desert, Canaan.