I got to this book after reading Dara Horn's book, "Guide for the Perplexed". In that novel, Horn discusses Solomon Schechter's discovery of the genizah in Fustat/Cairo. Horn notes that his discovery was started by receiving scraps of manuscripts that the twin sisters, Agnes Smith Lewis and Marga...
First of all, I declare an interest! Like the two lady adventurers, I was born and brought up in the Royal Burgh of Irvine and educated at Irvine Royal Academy. However, there the similarities end!As a native of the ladies' home town, I appreciated the detailed background on their family and the...