Summary
July 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Oath Act which enabled Jews to become members of parliament without taking the Oath of Allegiance “on the true faith of a Christian”. Lionel de Rothschild was the first to be allowed to swear on the Old Testament, using less contentious wording. Since that time there have been just over 200 Jewish MPs and to mark the anniversary Lord Janner and Derek Taylor are writing a history of their work and achievements. The book describes the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780853038191 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0853038198 |
| Author: | Derek Taylor, Greville Janner |
| Publisher: | Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Imprint: | Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor, OBE, has a history degree from Cambridge University and has spent his working life in the hotel industry. As well as British Chief Rabbis 1664-2006 and Don Pacifico: The Acceptable Face of Gunboat Diplomacy, he has written a number of histories of British hotels and has published a number of textbooks. He is currently working on a biography of Solomon Schonfeld. He is married, with four children and twelve grandchildren.Greville (Lord) Janner was Labour MP for part of Leicester, from 1970-1997. He is a QC who has been the author of sixty-seven books, mainly on law and public speaking. A former President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, he has long been a leader of Britain’s Jewish community.
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