The Crimean Circle is a historical novel about the Jews in the
Crimean War. For the first time in modern history Jews are forcibly
conscripted to serve in an army to fight a war for a nation that
dispises, mistreats and tries to convert them. They are trained by
a Jew-hating sergeant and a Jewish corporal who has lost the love
of his father and the faith in his God. With the help of the Jewish
corporal the pious young Jews learn to survive in what for them is
a hostile environment and become brave and competent soldiers. The
story is played out during the exciting backdrop of The Crimean War
(1855-56) and the horrific siege of Sevastopol as the Russian Army,
poorly led and ill equipped tries to fight against the combined
forces of Britain, France and Turkey. It is a stirring adventure
story. The story of the young corporal is central to the story as
he trains his platoon, teaches them to defend themselves against
hatred and humiliation and struggles to return to his lost faith.
He falls in love during the darkest days of the siege, survives the
paranoid hatred of a high-ranking Russian officer and finally
marries his betrothed. It is a colorful story of a period of Jewish
history seldom mentioned in Jewish historical fiction. A period
that just preceded the great immigration of eastern European Jews
to the United States.
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