Alexandria: The City That Changed the World - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639368723ISBN-10:1639368728UPC:9781639368723Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle East, Civilization, AncientBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, EgyptSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCN8W4JHYZ
Alexandria: The City That Changed the World
An original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day. Islam Issa's father had always told him about their city's magnificence, and as he looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally hit home. This is no ordinary library. And Alexandria is no ordinary city. Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639368723ISBN-10:1639368728UPC:9781639368723Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle East, Civilization, AncientBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, EgyptSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCN8W4JHYZ
Islam Issa is an award-winning British-Egyptian writer, curator and broadcaster, and was recently named by the BBC as "one of the United Kingdom's most significant new thinkers." He is Professor of Literature and History at Birmingham City University, has authored several academic books and contributes regularly to the Guardian, the New Statesman, and the Times Literary Supplement.
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