Beginning on the shore at Kavala, where a fatherless boy dreams over the sea, the novel follows Mohammed Ali from obscure youth and a merchant’s life to command, intrigue and mastery of Egypt. Story-tellers, Mamelukes, rival pashas and Napoleon’s shadow crowd a long, romantic chronicle of ambition in the late Ottoman world.
Mühlbach’s popular historical romances made court history vivid for a wide Victorian readership; this is one of her most exotic. Download the free EPUB.
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