The Magician's Wife
by Brian Moore
Softcover
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A mesmerising novel from three-time Booker Prize nominee Brian Moore
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'A spellbinding storyteller' - Independent
'A tour de force' - New York Times
'Moore is a magician' - LA Times
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France, 1856.
Emmeline Lambert is 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. Emmeline begins to feel like an illusionist herself, when she dazzles the Emperor and then sheds her inhibitions along with flimsy notions of patriotism and propriety in the hot glare of the Algerian sun.
Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from a master storyteller.
_________________
'A spellbinding storyteller' - Independent
'A tour de force' - New York Times
'Moore is a magician' - LA Times
_________________
France, 1856.
Emmeline Lambert is 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. Emmeline begins to feel like an illusionist herself, when she dazzles the Emperor and then sheds her inhibitions along with flimsy notions of patriotism and propriety in the hot glare of the Algerian sun.
Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from a master storyteller.
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Format
Softcover
Pages
272
Price
19.00 €
Description
A mesmerising novel from three-time Booker Prize nominee Brian Moore
_________________
'A spellbinding storyteller' - Independent
'A tour de force' - New York Times
'Moore is a magician' - LA Times
_________________
France, 1856.
Emmeline Lambert is 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. Emmeline begins to feel like an illusionist herself, when she dazzles the Emperor and then sheds her inhibitions along with flimsy notions of patriotism and propriety in the hot glare of the Algerian sun.
Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from a master storyteller.
_________________
'A spellbinding storyteller' - Independent
'A tour de force' - New York Times
'Moore is a magician' - LA Times
_________________
France, 1856.
Emmeline Lambert is 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. Emmeline begins to feel like an illusionist herself, when she dazzles the Emperor and then sheds her inhibitions along with flimsy notions of patriotism and propriety in the hot glare of the Algerian sun.
Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from a master storyteller.
Book Information
Main Genre
N/A
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Softcover
Pages
272
Price
19.00 €