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- Location(s): Alexandria
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 47BC
Alexandria, 47BC. Cleopatra – seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt – watches over her city. The war is over, but Alexandria, that once great beacon of learning and commerce, has...
- Location(s): Alexandria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea make up the Alexandria Quartet. Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...
- Location(s): Alexandria, England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s onwards
Memories are fragile when you are seventy years old. I can’t afford to lose any more of them, not when remembering the past might help with the here and now. Nadia needs help. Help getting out of her hospital...
- Location(s): Alexandria, India
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s
In this literary tour de force, twice Booker shortlisted novelist Damon Galgut evokes the life and work of EM Forster, his travels to India, and the freedom and inspiration he found there. In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India....
- Location(s): Alexandria
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): 20th century
Fascinating composite biography of EM Forster, Cavafy, and Lawrence Durrell against the political and social history of the city of Alexandria at its peak moment of splendor- especially appreciated by fans of Durrell’s masterpiece: the Alexandria Quartet.
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, 57 BC
- Location(s): Alexandria, Rome
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 57 BC
Established “Dear America” author Kristiana Gregory kicks off “The Royal Diaries” with the captivating story of a young Cleopatra’s life. While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she...
- Location(s): Alexandria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
In the 1970s, once-cosmopolitan Alexandria was at the forefront of the clash between Nasser’s socialist-era principles and the burgeoning fundamentalist movement. Five idealistic students find themselves caught up in this tangled web, as their leftist activism makes them a...
- 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): Alexandria
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 20th century
Set in luxuriant cosmopolitan Alexandria, this richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family from its bold arrival in Egypt at the turn of the century to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and...
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