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The Lady of Zamalek : A Novel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- El-Ashmawi, Ashraf.
- Series:
- Hoopoe Fiction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt--Politics and government--20th century--Fiction.
- Egypt.
- Cicurel, Solomon, 1881-1927--Fiction.
- Cicurel, Solomon.
- Murder--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Burglars--Egypt--Cairo--Fiction.
- Burglars.
- Genre:
- Mystery fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Biographical fiction
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : The American University in Cairo Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "It was in the spring of 1927 that Cairo's attention was captured by the shocking murder of prominent businessman Solomon Cicurel in his Nile-side villa in the upscale Zamalek district. It was a burglary that went wrong and four culprits were soon arrested. Their trial was concluded swiftly, their punishments were decisive, and society breathed a sigh of relief. In Ashraf El-Ashmawi's telling, however, there was a fifth accomplice, Abbas, who escaped back to his home in the countryside to lay low until the murder trial blew over. He had not left empty-handed and had kept some documents from Cicurel's villa, ones that he realized would lead him to a hidden safe. Abbas hatched a plan to return to the capital, find the safe, and make his fortune. The first step was to place his sister Zeinab with Cicurel's widow, Paula. A web of twists and intrigues run through the life of Abbas, in what unfolds as a tale of modern Egypt-taking in the Second World War, the 1952 revolution and the rise of Gamal Abdel-Nasser, the 1967 war, the Sadat and Mubarak eras-from the 1920s through to 1990"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
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- Endmatter.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781649030788
- 1649030789
- 9781649030771
- 1649030770
- OCLC:
- 1262371433
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