..". a welcome and unusual glimpse of the private side of one ofEast European Jewry's most influential public figures." -- AmericanHistorical Review..". an absorbing introduction to one of thetruly original thinkers in modern Jewish history." -- Heritage Southwest JewishPress"For a complete picture of the Polish/Russian world ofthe twentieth century, this book should be required reading." -- AJLNewsletterThis is a memoir and biography by an extraordinarywoman about her father, a pioneer in the field of Jewish history as well as aleading political activist among East European Jews during the late 19th and early20th centuries. The book chronicles Dubnov's personal, professional, and ideologicaldevelopment during a period of intense change for the Jews of the Russian Empire, from the Haskalah to the first years of World War II.