The Editor - July 25th, 2011
‘Vividly evoking the alleyways of Sudan, Egypt and Britain, this novel movingly and meticulously traces the hidden pathways of the mind and heart with all its anger, shame, hate and love.’
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Lyrics Alley, Leila Aboulela’s powerful and deeply moving novel about a family in 1950s Sudan, has been shortlisted for the Scottish Book Awards 2011. To vote for your favourite author click here.
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Tags: Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley, Minaret
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The Editor - July 20th, 2011
The critically acclaimed author of Jerusalem: The Biography shares his top six for this year’s summer reading …
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The Editor - July 15th, 2011
I have now written three books about women in the Middle Ages – Four Queens, about a family of four 13th century sisters, the daughters of the count of Provence, who all became queens; Joanna, a biography of the astounding 14th century queen of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily; and the forthcoming, The Maid and the Queen, about the highly significant role that Yolande of Aragon, 15th century queen of Sicily, played in the story of Joan of Arc – and the question I am most frequently asked about my work is: …
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