“Anthony ‘Genius’ Julius, 39, is not a divorce lawyer but a specialist in media law, acting for Robert Maxwell and once employed by the Daily Mail. His background could not be further from the upper-class world inhabited by his opposite number. He is a Jewish intellectual and Labour supporter and less likely to feel restrained by considerations of fair play.” So wrote a reporter on The Daily Telegraph during the divorce proceedings between Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Read more from Anthony about the antisemitism which can surface in England’s elite here.
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Well, it’s finally out. Anthony Julius’s epic, sweeping account of English antisemitism, “Trials of the Diaspora,” can now be purchased online. Advance praise has been generous. No less than Philip Roth describes the book as an “essential history…written by a man with the extraordinary fluency, staggering erudition, scholarly integrity, intellectual acumen and moral discernment of Anthony Julius.” As long-time Z Word readers will know, Anthony honored us by allowing us to publish early drafts of some of the chapters in his book. You can read those selections here. And then go and buy the book.
