by Brian Moore (Author)
Set in the late 1850s in France and Algeria, this is the story of Emmeline Lambert, married to an illusionist sent by Napoleon III to persuade the Arabs - poised for holy war and in thrall to charismatic leaders - that France's might and magic are the greater.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 215
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01 Sep 1997
ISBN 10: 0747537186
ISBN 13: 9780747537182
Book Overview: Brian Moore is the winner of the WH Smith Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, as well as having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times.