One of Us
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0786705914 / Publisher: Carroll & Graf, August 1998
A novel covering the last days of colonial Egypt tells of a British officer who brings his beautiful young wife to Cairo only to see her fall in love with an Egyptian prince while war rages around all of them
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Steeped in memory and rumors of war, One of Us is a sweeping novel of love and destiny during the last days of the colonial world in Egypt and England.Already compared to The English Patient and The Alexandria Quartet, this beautifully crafted fiction is an authentic excursion into an astonishing world of decadent wealth and privilege. It evokes a time when honor and sacrifice mattered, when love might still prevail.
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