The Mamur Zapt and Night of The Dog

ISBN-13: 9780008259457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 208 str.

Michael Pearce

Opis

A classic murder mystery from the award-winning Michael Pearce, in which The Mamur Zapt races to prevent an explosion of religious violence in the Cairo of the 1900s.

Recenzje

Praise for Michael Pearce:

'Elegantly and wittily narrated, with a good plot, colourful characters and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Egypt of Cromer's time' The Times

'Pearce is a natural novelist ... a vanished world comes alive' Sunday Times

'Impeccable historical detail and entertaining dialogue make enjoyable reading' Sunday Telegraph

O autorze

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.