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The Plot

The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
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The Plot investigates the shocking conspiracy behind the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fraudulent document falsely claiming Jewish leaders planned to control the world. From 19th-century Russia to modern times, Will Eisner explores historical figures such as Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler, revealing this devastating 20th-century hoax.
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A work more disturbing than fiction from "the father of graphic novels" (New York Times). "The ultimate illustration of how absurdly comical and cancerous The Protocols has been to mankind."β€”Thane Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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The Plot, which examines the astonishing conspiracy and the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has become a worldwide phenomenon since its hardcover publication, taught in classrooms around the globe.

Purported to be the actual blueprints by Jewish leaders to take over the world, the Protocols, first published in 1902, have become gospel truth to international millions.

Presenting a pageant of historical figures from nineteenth-century Russia to today's ideologues, including Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler, Will Eisner unravels and dispels one of the most devastating hoaxes of the twentieth century.

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"In his powerful art and shocking narrativeβ€”designed to expose, once and for all, this corrupting worldwide lieβ€”Eisner is the true superhero of our time." — Cynthia Ozick
"A fiery torch of a book: A righteous light shone on an outrageous lie." — Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393328608

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 May 2006

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Umberto Eco

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 257.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Will Eisner was born William Erwin Eisner on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death on January 3, 2005, Will Eisner was recognized internationally as one of the giants in the field of sequential art, a term he coined. In a career that spanned nearly eight decades-from the dawn of the comic book to the advent of digital comics-Will Eisner was truly the 'Orson Welles of comics' and the 'father of the Graphic Novel'. He broke new ground in the development of visual narrative and the language of comics and was the creator of The Spirit, John Law, Lady Luck, Mr. Mystic, Uncle Sam, Blackhawk, Sheena and countless others. During World War II, Will Eisner used the comic format to develop training and equipment maintenance manuals for the US Army. After the war this continued as the Army's P.S. Magazine, which is still being produced today. Will Eisner taught Sequential Arts at the New York School of Visual Arts. The textbooks that he wrote based on his course are still bestsellers. In 1978, Will Eisner wrote A Contract with God, the first modern graphic novel. This was followed by almost 20 additional graphic novels over the following 25 years. The "Oscars" of the Comic Industry are called The Eisner Awards, and named after Will Eisner. The Eisners are presented annually before a packed ballroom at Comic-Con International in San Diego, America's largest comics convention. Wizard magazine named Eisner "the most influential comic artist of all time." Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is based in good part on Eisner. In 2002, Eisner received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Federation for Jewish Culture, only the second such honor in the organization's history, presented by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman. Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the author of Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and other international bestsellers. He lives in Milan, Italy.

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