Results for: books tagged ‘Egypt’
The House of the Eagle: Duncan Sprott
The House of the Eagle begins Duncan Sprott's 'Ptolemies Quartet', an epic and ingenious restoration of the dark and glittering story of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, ... More
The Alexandria Quartet: Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most famous and admired work, one he described ... More
Kith: P. H. Newby
On arrival as a medical orderly at Suez in 1941, Faulkes is surprised and alarmed to be greeted by a ghost from his family's past. Grinning and dropping enigmatic hints, ... More
The Collector of Worlds: Iliya Troyanov
A colourful swashbuckling story of one of the nineteenth-century’s most flamboyant characters, the infamous explorer Sir Richard Burton. More
Revolution and Roses: P. H. Newby
Revolution and Roses is set in Alexandria, its period the week leading up to King Farouk’s abdication, its cast English, Greek and Egyptian, its action swift and exciting. It begins ... More
The Picnic at Sakkara: P. H. Newby
The setting of The Picnic at Sakkara, a delightful comedy, is Egypt in the days of King Farouk. Edgar Perry, a lecturer at Cairo University, finds himself in a world ... More
The Private Sector: Joseph Hone
Eric Ambler, John Buchan, Erskine Childers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Len Deighton, Ian Fleming, Frederick Forsyth, Graham Greene, Geoffrey Household, John le Carre, Robert Ludlum and Joseph Hone. What ... More
Speke: Alexander Maitland
John Hanning Speke was one of the great Victorian explorers and his most famous achievement was the discovery in 1862 of the main source of the White Nile in Lake ... More