The Bible and the Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
Two major influences have drawn the British people to the Holy Land over the centuries - the translation of the Bible into English and the imperial need to control the routes to India and, more recently, to the oil of the Middle East. These two magnets - the Bible and the sword - have drawn countless pilgrims, crusaders, missionaries, merchants and explorers to the land of the ancient Hebrews