Dear Fellow Educators,
The Emperor and the Spy, offers new insights on major events of the first half of the twentieth century.
The adventurous life of Sidney Mashbir will stimulate students’ imaginations, encouraging an appreciation of history and a love for reading.
It is a rare occasion when the secret papers of a spy come to light!
This website offers an Illustrated Timeline Gallery displaying many of Mashbir’s never-before-available photos and written documents that inspired the novel.
To Access click: Illustrated Timeline Gallery and you will be presented with the first 17 pages of the timeline.
Being an espionage novel, to Activate the Links on these 17 pages requires entering a Password on Page 17.
The Password is: Ellis the first name of Colonel Mashbir’s close friend, Commander Ellis Zacharias, who became the Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence.
I hope you’ll consider incorporating The Emperor and the Spy and the Illustrated Timeline Gallery into your high school or college curriculum.
They have a strong relevance for today:
- They emphasize our need to better understand the diversity of cultures around us.
- They honor the Art of Diplomacy in pursuit of Peace and Democratic values.
- Current international tensions in Asia are strongly influenced by grievances linked to WWII: The Emperor and the Spy, presents the gallant efforts of many Japanese leaders who heroically attempted to prevent that conflict. Hopefully, this new awareness will improve relations in that region.
Your feedback/suggestions are welcome.
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Wishing you and your students all the best!
As a final note:
On February 28th, 2018, I gave a presentation and discussed the historical research and the process of writing “The Emperor and the Spy” at Canyon Crest Academy, in Carmel Valley, California. The presentation was sponsored by Canyon Crest Academy’s World Affairs Club. Four high school classes were in attendance.
Below is a link to this event:
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