Книга: Russell, Mary Doria «Dreamers Of The Day»
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Производитель: "Неизвестный" I am sure of this much: my little story has become your history. You won`t really understand your times until you understand mine...` Reeling from the aftermath of the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic, diffident schoolteacher Agnes Shanklin has taken the trip of a lifetime: to Egypt and the Holy Land. But her arrival at Cairo`s Semiramis Hotel coincides with an event that will change history. For the year is 1921 and the Cairo Peace Conference is about to preside over nothing less than the creation of the modern Middle East. At first Agnes acts as a welcome sounding board for the historic players - Churchill, T. E. Lawrence and Lady Gertrude Bell among them - poised to invent the nations of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and so decide the fate of the Arab world. Yet as the tumultuous days pass, she attracts the attention of a charismatic German spy and is inexorably drawn into the duplicitous, dangerous world of geopolitical intrigue... As enlightening... ISBN:9780552774857 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2014)
ISBN: 9780552774857 |
Russell
I. biographical name Bertrand Arthur William 1872-1970 3d Earl Russell English mathematician & philosopher II. biographical name Bill 1934- William Felton Russell American basketball player III. biographical name Charles Taze 1852-1916 American religious leader IV. biographical name George William 1867-1935 pseudonym Æ Irish author V. biographical name John 1792-1878 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell British statesman; prime minister (1846-52; 1865-66) VI. biographical name Lillian 1861-1922 Helen Louise Leonard American singer & actress
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