A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Tom Reiss's panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lev Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as "Essad Bey," became a celebrated author with the enduring novel Ali and Nino as well as an adventurer, a real-life Indiana Jones with a fatal secret. Reiss pursued Lev's story across ten countries and found himself caught up in encounters as dramatic and surreal-and sometimes as heartbreaking-as his subject's life.
A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Tom Reiss's panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prin...
First published in English in 1931, this tale conjures a vast panorama of the Caucasus, its people, and customs. The result is a fresh and densely atmospheric work, even if not always laying claim to scientific accuracy.
First published in English in 1931, this tale conjures a vast panorama of the Caucasus, its people, and customs. The result is a fresh and densely atm...
In this lively and witty autobiography, Essad Bey, a.k.a. Lev Nussimbaum, tells the story of his childhood in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and of his flight from the Russian Revolution in 1917, which brought him first straight through the Caucasus, then to Istanbul and finally to Berlin.
In this lively and witty autobiography, Essad Bey, a.k.a. Lev Nussimbaum, tells the story of his childhood in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and of ...
Essad Bey, alias Lev Nussimbaum, erzAhlt mit viel Geist und Witz von seiner Kindheit in Baku, der Hauptstadt Aserbaidschans, sowie von seiner Flucht vor der russischen Revolution 1917, die ihn zuerst quer durch den Kaukasus, dann nach Istanbul - wo dieses Buch endet - und schlielich nach Berlin fUhrte. Die satirische Quasi-Autobiografie "Ol und Blut im Orient" ist ein lehrreiches und amUsantes Buch; es war in den 1930er-Jahren ein internationaler Bestseller.
Essad Bey, alias Lev Nussimbaum, erzAhlt mit viel Geist und Witz von seiner Kindheit in Baku, der Hauptstadt Aserbaidschans, sowie von seiner Fluch...
General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar--because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. But, hidden behind General Dumas's swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: he was the son of a black slave--who rose higher in the white world than any man of his race would before our own time. Born in Saint-Domingue (now...
WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar...
