Noe l. Barber Libri

Cairo, 1919. Egypt, choked by centuries of corruption and decay, is seething with rival factions battling to take control. For Mark Holt, heir to one of Cairo's ruling British families, it is a time of great excitement-and even greater danger. Trapped in a frightening web of espionage, royal intrigue and murder, Mark must fight for the glory of the country he knows and loves...and for the dazzling Egyptian woman he can't live without. From the decadence of King Farouk's court, to the fury of Rommel's desert legions, to the violent uprisings of Nasser and Sadat, Sakkara sweeps across decades filled with unforgettable daring and adventure-a story of a people's struggle for freedom and one man's triumph against all odds.

Tre giovani stranieri, un americano, un tedesco e un inglese, s'innamorano e si fidanzano con le affascinanti figlie di un principe italiano. Ma il turbine della seconda guerra mondiale divide e oppone i destini di ciascuno.

Nel pieno della rivoluzione bolscevica, i principi Korolev con i figli fuggono dalla Russia per rifugiarsi a Parigi. Qui, tra momenti felici ed esperienze drammatiche, la famiglia inizia una nuova vita.

The takeover, when it came, was quick, as expected. But the crushing strictness that followed was jolting. 'On May 24,' wrote one diarist, 'you could bribe everyone in Shanghai. On May 26 you could bribe no one - for perhaps the first time in a hundred years.

The story of two lovers and two great dynasties - one British, the other Chinese - of the society that separated them and the passion that bound them.

'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express

A truly Great Read - 'Convincing, exotic, lively, for sheer story-telling it puts other so-called epics in the shade' Standard