Play Audiobook Sample
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David Audiobook
Play Audiobook Sample
(0.00) - 0 listener ratings
Quick Stats About this Audiobook
Total Audiobook Chapters:
Longest Chapter Length:
Shortest Chapter Length:
Average Chapter Length:
Audiobooks by this Author:
Publisher Description
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’ S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, one which endures to this day. With his hallmark insight into the forces at play in the Middle East and his acclaimed journalistic skill, Lawrence Wright takes us through each of the thirteen days of the Camp David conference, illuminating the issues that have made the problems of the region so intractable, as well as exploring the scriptural narratives that continue to frame the conflict. In addition to his in-depth accounts of the lives of the three leaders, Wright draws vivid portraits of other fiery personalities who were present at Camp David––including Moshe Dayan, Osama el-Baz, and Zbigniew Brzezinski––as they work furiously behind the scenes. Wright also explores the significant role played by Rosalynn Carter. What emerges is a riveting view of the making of this unexpected and so far unprecedented peace. Wright exhibits the full extent of Carter’s persistence in pushing an agreement forward, the extraordinary way in which the participants at the conference—many of them lifelong enemies—attained it, and the profound difficulties inherent in the process and its outcome, not the least of which has been the still unsettled struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians. In Thirteen Days in September, Wright gives us a resonant work of history and reportage that provides both a timely revisiting of this important diplomatic triumph and an inside look at how peace is made.
Download and start listening now!
“Offers a thorough study of theCamp David Accords of 1978 in this meticulously researched affair, which goesbeyond the core events to address a multitude of historical factors…Alternatingbetween biographical studies of the people involved, sociopolitical historiesof the countries and faiths represented, and an almost nail-bitingly tenseunfolding of the conference itself, Wright delivers an authoritative,fascinating, and relatively unbiased exploration of a pivotal period and acomplicated subject.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Quotes
-
“It is brilliant penetrating scholarship…Wright expertly captures every move of the three-way realpolitik chess match. By using each man’s biography to illuminate the history of his respective nation, he not only chronicles Camp David but elucidates the issues that continue to plague the Middle East.”
— Entertainment Weekly -
“Mr. Wright displays a sensitive understanding of the region and a fine pen as he sketches in the characters and motivations of the three main players.”
— Economist -
“A magnificent book [from] one of our finest nonfiction writers…In his minute-by-minute account of the talks, Wright intersperses a concise history of Egyptian-Israeli relations dating from the story of Exodus. Even more important is Wright’s understanding that Sadat, Begin, and Carter were not just political leaders but exemplars of the Holy Land’s three internecine religious traditions.”
— New York Times Book Review -
“Exceedingly balanced, highly readable, and appropriately sober.”
— Los Angeles Times -
“Spellbinding…What makes the story a page-turner isn’t the day-by-day details of the negotiations. It’s Wright’s seamless, compelling backgrounding of the region’s violent history, the enmities and peculiarities of the players who came to the remote presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains to reach a monumental, if flawed, accord that endures to this day.”
— Chicago Tribune -
“An engrossing chronicle of Carter’s marathon peace negotiations…an illuminating view of a vital event that has been all but forgotten—and of a single-minded, even messianic president whose White House years have been denigrated and discredited…In examining the three, Wright is both fascinated and fair-minded, seeing men of faith and fortitude, and ultimately of vision, with stark similarities and even starker differences…A wonderful book.”
— Boston Globe -
“A splendid and suspenseful account of the Camp David negotiations.”
— Minneapolis Star-Tribune -
“A chronicle of diplomatic success…The heart of the book is the daily, sometimes hourly shifts in tactics and postures, stands, and counterstands, that unfolded over thirteen days in 1978.”
— Cleveland Plain Dealer -
“Fascinating personal and historic detail.”
— Christian Science Monitor -
“A Pulitzer Prize–winning author reconstructs and reflects on ‘one of the great diplomatic triumphs of the twentieth century’ and the men who made it happen…A unique moment in history superbly captured. Yet another triumph for Wright.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review) -
“Mark Bramhall’s voice has a remarkable calm strength and evenness throughout his excellent reading of this in-depth, clear-eyed examination of the Middle East…Bramhall’s delivery reflects how serious a task it was to bring three very different leaders and personalities together to talk peace for thirteen short days in September 1978. Essential listening. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
Awards
-
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
-
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of 2014
-
A New York Times Best Book of 2014
-
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2014
-
Among shortlisted titles for Carnegie Medal, 2015
Thirteen Days in September Listener Reviews
Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!
About Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of two novels and ten books of nonfiction, including several New York Times bestsellers. His books have received many prizes and honors, including a Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower. He is also a playwright and screenwriter, and he plays keyboard in the Austin-based blues band WhoDo.
About Lawrence Wright
Arthur Morey has won three AudioFile Magazine “Best Of” Awards, and his work has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and placed him as a finalist for two Audie Awards. He has acted in a number of productions, both off Broadway in New York and off Loop in Chicago. He graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has won awards for his fiction and drama, worked as an editor with several book publishers, and taught literature and writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed.