Maisie Mosco
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Maisie Mosco was an author. Between 1979 and 1998 she wrote 16 books, including a wellknown series of 3 books (Almonds and Raisins (1979), The Scattered Seed (1980), Children's Children (1986)) about a Russian Jewish family who around 1900 fled from pogrom
s and emigrated to north Manchester
in England.
She died in London on 31 October 2011.
Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire
The term pogrom as a reference to large-scale, targeted, and repeated antisemitic rioting saw its first use in the 19th century.The first pogrom is often considered to be the 1821 Odessa pogroms after the death of the Greek Orthodox patriarch Gregory V in Constantinople, in which 14 Jews were killed...
s and emigrated to north Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
in England.
She died in London on 31 October 2011.