by Edward Platt
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About the Author
Edward Platt was born in 1968 and lives in London. He won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award for his first book, Leadville (2000), a ‘biography’ of the A40 in west London. His second critically acclaimed book, The City of Abraham (2012), was a history of Hebron, and an account of the mythic origins of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He is a regular contributor to various magazines and newspapers, including the New Statesman.
Also by Edward Platt
CITY OF ABRAHAM: History, Myth and Memory: A Journey through Hebron
LEADVILLE: A Biography of the A40
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