"Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure", the forthcoming novel from Michael Chabon, uses Kevin Brook's "The Jews of Khazaria" as a primary source of information.
In March 2007, Del Rey Books announced that bestselling author Michael Chabon's new novel "Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure" will be published in book form in November 2007.
"Gentlemen of the Road" tells the tale of two wandering Jewish adventurers who get caught up in the schemes and battles that follow a bloody coup in the great medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars. Hired as escorts for a fugitive prince, they soon find themselves the half-willing generals of a mad rebellion as they attempt to restore the legitimate prince's family to the throne.
Chabon's novel first ran as a weekly serial in The New York Times Magazine.
In a Question and Answer page, Chabon cited Kevin Alan Brook's "The Jews of Khazaria" as one of the main historical sources Chabon used to construct his narrative.[1]
Brook's book was also used as a source by the well-known French writer Marek Halter while researching for his novel "The Wind of the Khazars" (2001).[2]
When readers want to learn more about the culture and influence of Khazaria, a large kingdom ruled by Jewish converts in southern Russia, and medieval Jewish history in eastern Europe, they turn to Kevin Brook's "The Jews of Khazaria" for the most accurate and comprehensive treatment of these subjects.
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