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- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The unexpected arrival of her willful teenage granddaughter, Ruby, brings life and disorder to 82-year-old Iris Black s old house in Cairo. Ruby, driven away from England by her fraught relationship with her own mother, is seeking refuge with...
Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake
- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Jake Atlas – tomb robber, treasure hunter, troublemaker! When Jake’s parents vanish, Jake and his sister team up with shady tomb robbers to find them in the Egyptian desert in this riveting page-turning adventure by award-winning author Rob Lloyd...
- Location(s): Alexandria, Cairo, Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): WW2
It is 1942 and the war is tearing Europe apart, shattering lives and devastating countries. But for some, it will be the greatest of adventures. Saba, a striking, headstrong singer from Wales defies her family to chase her dream...
- Location(s): Egypt
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Egyptian
Hatshepsut was the only daughter of Thutmose and his Great Royal Wife, and carried the King Right in her person. She was trained to govern, and loved her land and people above all other things. But custom and the...
- Location(s): Egypt
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Egyptian
She grew up on the reed-lined banks of the Upper Nile but she was not like the other villagers of Aswat. Intelligent and ambitious, Thu is convinced that her destiny is greater than to marry a peasant, tend crops...
- Location(s): Egypt
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Across 20th century
Three strangers whose paths will cross on a trip to Egypt are unaware of the shared connections they hold. These unite them from times past to a sinister future. Egypt, 1913 Alexandra Garis dreamed of something different, something tied...
Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness
- Location(s): Egypt, Greece, Kavala
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness takes place in and around a 24/7 harbourside café in a Greek town. It tells the story of the Egyptian immigrants who work as fishermen on the trawlers and other outcasts who...
- Location(s): Egypt
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies – each of whom supports a contender for...
- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In the third part of Kamal Ruhayyim’s trilogy, Galal, the son of a mixed Jewish/Muslim family returns to Egypt after ten years in Paris. What he finds is a society in flux, yet still stifled by convention. As his...
- Location(s): Buenos Aires, Cairo, France, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): WW II
War rages across Europe. France is under the Nazi thumb. Britain has its back to the wall. In London, Scotland Yard detective Merlin investigates a series of disturbing events – a young girl killed in a botched abortion, a...
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