String of Pearls

by Michael Hofmann (Translator), Michael Hofmann (Translator), Joseph Roth (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $6.44

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.74

  While visiting Vienna, the Shah of Persia falls for a beautiful countess. The Austrian officials arrange for him to spend the night with the countess, but unbeknown to the Shah she is a prostitute who merely resembles the countess. From this night follows a chain of ruinous consequences.