Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog

AvMichael Pearce

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Engelska, 2017

Del 2 i serien Mamur Zapt

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Beskrivning

A classic murder mystery from the award-winning Michael Pearce, in which The Mamur Zapt races to prevent an explosion of religious violence in the Cairo of the 1900s.Cairo in the 1900s. When the body of a dog is discovered in a Coptic tomb – a Muslim insult that could spark an explosion among the Christian community – the Mamur Zapt, British head of Cairo’s secret police, is called in to investigate.Equally volatile is a command from an English Member of Parliament that the Mamur Zapt, Gareth Owen, show the MP’s niece the sights of the city. When a dancing dervish is stabbed before the lady’s very eyes, Owen begins to uncover a plot to set Cairo’s ethnic communities at each other’s throats…

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-05
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780007485024
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
Serie:Mamur Zapt

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Mer om författaren

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

Recensioner i media

Praise for Michael Pearce:‘Elegantly and wittily narrated, with a good plot, colourful characters and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Egypt of Cromer’s time’ The Times‘Pearce is a natural novelist … a vanished world comes alive’ Sunday Times‘Impeccable historical detail and entertaining dialogue make enjoyable reading’ Sunday Telegraph