A Woman of Cairo, 9780340839911
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Forbidden love blossoms in war-torn Cairo, with deadly consequences.

A Woman of Cairo

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  • Paperback

    672 pages

  • Release Date

    12 April 2006

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Summary

A Woman of Cairo: Love and War in a Land of Secrets

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 g…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340839911
ISBN-10:0340839910
Author:Noel Barber
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:672
Release Date:12 April 2006
Weight:525g
Dimensions:197mm x 132mm x 44mm
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Critics Review

His best so far

His best so far - Daily Mail

Barber is a master - Mail on Sunday

A story as majestic and fertile as its setting - Publishers Weekly

About The Author

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 the wars in Morocco and was shot during the Hungarian uprising. He died in 1988.

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