This beautiful hardcover is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and appear unread, the book is tight, square, and near fine. The dust jacket is unmarked, blue cloth boards, and bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book. People of the Book is a historical novel by Geraldine Brooks, published in 2008. Inspired by the true story of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Jewish manuscript that survived centuries of war, the novel follows Hanna Heath, a rare book conservator from Australia. Hanna is called to restore the Haggadah after it resurfaces in war-torn Bosnia during the 1990s. The narrative alternates between Hanna's present-day investigation and historical vignettes that trace the Haggadah’s journey backward through time, revealing the lives of those who protected it. It’s a sweeping, multi-layered novel that blends literary fiction with historical intrigue. Brooks, a former journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for her novel March.