| Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt: The Works of Gilbert Parker Contributor(s): Parker, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1163327778 ISBN-13: 9781163327777 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.64 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 962 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.34 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1913. Part Fourteen of Eighteen Volumes. Gilbert, Canadian-born novelist and politician, his literary reputation lies primarily on his earlier descriptive, dramatic and historic Canadian stories. He moved to England in 1889 and later served in Parliament. Parker explains that in this edition of his work, each volume will have a special introduction setting forth, as far as possible, the relation of each work to the author, to its companion works, and to the scheme of his literary life. A collection of stories based on Parker's travels to Egypt. Contents: While the Lamp Holds Out to Burn; The Price of the Grindstone-and the Drum; The Desertion of Mahommed Selim; On the Reef of Norman's Woe; Fielding had an Orderly; The Eye of the Needle; A Treaty of Peace; At the Mercy of Tiberius; All the World's Mad; The Man at the Wheel; A Tyrant and a Lady; A Young Lion of Dedan; He Would Not Be Denied; The Flower of the Flock; and The Light of Other Days. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |