City of the Sun

by Juliana Maio

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Espionage, love, and power play upon the shifting sands of wartime Cairo

CAIRO, EGYPT 1941. As the Second World War rages, the city known as "Paris on the Nile" plays host to an international set who seem more interested in polo matches and swanky nightclubs than the Germans' unrelenting advance across North Africa. Meanwhile, as refugees, soldiers, and spies stream into the city, the Nazis conspire with the emerging Muslim Brotherhood to fuel the Egyptian people's seething resentment against their British overlords.

Ambitious American journalist Mickey Connolly has come to Cairo to report on the true state...Read more
  • ISBN10 1626340676
  • ISBN13 9781626340671
  • Publish Date 1 March 2014
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Imprint Greenleaf Book Group
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 380
  • Language English
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