The Mandelbaum Gate Author:Murel Spark On a pilgrimmage to the Holy Places of Jordan, Barbara Vaughan (half Jewish, Catholic, convert, engaged to a Dead Sea Scrolls archaeologist) meets Freddy Hamilton (diplomat, celibate, poet) in Jerusalem. Ignoring his warning that she will be arrested because of her Jewish blood, Barabara embarks on a pilgrimmage that becomes a fight...a rout ...... more »a desperate adventure of abduction and espionage...a switchback of tragedy and farce ... a love story, sacred and profane.« less