Derek Flower Farewell Alexandria

A leading mid-Eastern industrialist pledges his vast resources to a war on terrorism, yet one of his heirs joins the terrorist cause. Today’s headline? It could be. But it is also a twist in the plot in this epic novel.

As the sun rises over the Egyptian coastline, one of the world’s largest private yachts steams towards Alexandria while on its upper deck Julius Caspar, billionaire oil tycoon and philanthropist, gazes at the approaching waterfront. As he does so he recalls his youth as an impecunious bank clerk in what was then the most glittering city of the Mediterranean, and his ever haunting love for an eighteen-year-old heiress before his subsequent escalade to riches and fame.

In a story spanning eighty years of a family that changed world history, flashbacks, fast-forwards and multiple plots intersect each other while innocent romance, steamy sex, noble sentiments, treachery and whodunit-style mystery keep the reader turning the pages.

Set against a changing backdrop of pre-war Egypt, of Paris, London and New York in the sixties and seventies, terrorism in the Middle East and famine in Ethiopia, all the aspects of human strengths and frailties are brought to life in this three generation saga where a dramatic climax re-dimensions a man’s destiny.

"The Alexandrian" a film play for a major feature film based on the novel is available.

	BBC2 Radio2 Diane Louise Jordan	A novel of epic proportions based on Derek Flower's intimate knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs ... a gorgeous read.
	Author and film producer Geoffrey Wansell The man and the Myth Sir James Goldsmith	In FAREWELL ALEXANDRIA ... Derek Flower has created a story of drama and intrigue that stands comparison with the great sagas of the past, the Forsyth's, the Ewing's, even the Onasis's ... an unforgettable world of ambition, lust, revenge ... throughout which the humane spirit of Julius Caspar still flows indomitably on. The three generations of the Caspar family weave a web which not only captures the imagination, but seems only too real, every bit as real as the novels of James Clavell, Danielle Steele or Barbara Taylor Bradford - a world which demands to be brought to life on the screen.
	The Good Book Guide UK	Three generations, spanning 80 years and rise from genteel poverty to immense wealth, dominate this story which, beginning in Alexandria with the birth of Antor Caspardian, son of an Armenian carpenter - ends with his farewell to Egypt on his 80th birthday. Between these events is packed a huge amount of recent international (especially financial) history, family feuds, secrets and disappointments. A colourful, impressive tour de force.

	Dominique Eddé author and journalist	FAREWELL ALEXANDRIA is a vast and gripping family saga of adventure, intrigue, sentiment and ambition which Derek Flower recounts with remarkable psychological acumen, reflecting in the vicissitudes and relationships of a handful of Alexandrian expatriates the sometimes beautiful yet often harsh realities of the world around us.
	Monacle Russell Chamberlin	A blockbuster of a novel ... an explosive cliff-hanger whose denouement it would be unfair to reveal ...
	Townswoman UK Winterissue	Drawing on his own childhood experience of Egypt, Derek Flower weaves a captivating family saga of power, intrigue and passion that spans three generation, set against the glittering backdrops of pre-war Egypt, Paris, London and New York.