Maha Akhtar’s Footprints in the Desert had so much potential. T.E. Lawrence makes an appearance and blows up trains and tracks. The Ottoman Empire is fighting against Faisal ibn Hussein‘s Arab Revolt. The main characters are on the run from Ottoman agents in Cairo. What’s not to like? In all honesty...
This is Maha Akhtar's second book, but the first to be available in English. It is an historical novel about the war in Mesopotamia towards the end of the Ottoman Empire, with a couple of guest appearances by Lawrence of Arabia.Wikkipedia defines Mesopotamia as "The area of the Tigris–Euphrates rive...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley I wanted to like this book more than I did, and in this case, I think it is more a matter of a personal taste than anything else. What I enjoyed most about this novel was the variety of women and the fact that they were friends. I...
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