Any Old Iron,
Anthony Burgess's epic updating of the
Excalibur legend, was published in
1988.
Among the historical figures fictionalized in the novel are
Chaim Weizmann,
A. J. Cronin,
Winston
Churchill,
Éamon de Valera,
Anthony Eden and
Joseph Stalin.
The novel is arguably one of the most important of Burgess's late
period.
The action
centres on the progress of a Welsh-Jewish family
through the tumultuous first half of the 20th century, culminating
in the birth of Israel
.
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