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The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
Tom Reiss
A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Tom Reiss?s panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lev Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as ?Essad Bey,? became a celebrated author with the enduring novel Ali and Nino as well as an adventurer, a real-life Indiana Jones with a fatal secret. Reiss pursued Lev?s story across ten countries and found himself caught up in encounters as dramatic and surreal?and sometimes as heartbreaking?as his subject?s life.
496 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 14, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812972764 |
| Publishers | Random House Publishing Group |
| Pages | 496 |
| Dimensions | 134 × 203 × 29 mm · 376 g |
| Language | English |
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