Samarkand
Maalouf, Amin2002
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Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, Persian poet Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alledged crime. He is spared, and thus begins the blend of fact and fiction that is 'Samarkand'.
Main title:
Samarkand / Amin Maalouf ; translated by Russell Harris.
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Imprint:
London : Abacus, 1994.
Collation:
ix, 309 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Quartet, 1992.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780349106168 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.914
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2193026