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A Woman of Cairo
Noel Barber
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Description for A Woman of Cairo
Paperback. Noel Barber's bestselling novel, a grand and passionate drama set in the tumultuous decades around WWII, repackaged as a Hodder Great Read. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 534.
Son and daughter of diplomats in Cairo, the gentle Serena Pasha and Mark Holt are good-looking and privileged, growing up in a magical world of champagne breakfasts and midnight picnics at the pyramids. Their lives entwined since childhood, they grow ever closer as adults. Yet Serena's hand has been promised not to Mark, but to his brother, Greg. However, as the Second World War speeds closer to Cairo, a terrible accident gives these young lovers a second chance - and with this chance comes terrible dangers. Egypt is threatened not only by the German army but by ... Read more
Son and daughter of diplomats in Cairo, the gentle Serena Pasha and Mark Holt are good-looking and privileged, growing up in a magical world of champagne breakfasts and midnight picnics at the pyramids. Their lives entwined since childhood, they grow ever closer as adults. Yet Serena's hand has been promised not to Mark, but to his brother, Greg. However, as the Second World War speeds closer to Cairo, a terrible accident gives these young lovers a second chance - and with this chance comes terrible dangers. Egypt is threatened not only by the German army but by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
542g
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340839911
SKU
V9780340839911
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Noel Barber
Noel Barber has enchanted millions of readers with his six bestselling novels. In these powerfully exotic novels he drew upon his own experience as one of the leading foreign correspondents from the 40s to the 60s working on the Daily Mail. He was the first Briton to reach the South Pole since Scott, was stabbed five times while covering ... Read more
Reviews for A Woman of Cairo
A story as majestic and fertile as its setting
Publishers Weekly
Barber is a master
Mail on Sunday
His best so far
Daily Mail
Publishers Weekly
Barber is a master
Mail on Sunday
His best so far
Daily Mail