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ISBN: 0-7388-6360-2 p.429 - softcover Published by: $ 24.99 |
A leading
mid-Eastern industrialist pledges his vast resources to a war on terrorism,
yet one of his heirs joins the terrorist cause. Todays headline?
It could be. But it is also a twist in the plot in this epic novel. "The Alexandrian" a film play for a major feature film based on the novel is available.
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Also published by www.lulu.com ISBN 978-1-84753-442-2 376 pages €21.51 |
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Read the reviews
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Neeman Sobhan |
Farewell Alexandria is the beautifully written first novel of accomplished English writer Derek Flower. A master story teller, he imbues his novel, which has the sweep of epic family sagas, with his deep knowledge not only of the Middle Eeastern World but also the subtleties of human psychology. I could not put it down as I followed the life of the billionaire protagonist through the changing and richly variegated panorama of places, times, issues and emotions. |
| BBC2 Radio2 Diane Louise Jordan |
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| 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. |
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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. |
| Ann Blainey author of Fanny and Adelaide The lives of the remarkable Kemble Sisters |
I read Farewell Alexandria at almost one sitting ... Mr. Flower is a born story-teller. |
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. |
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Monacle Russell Chamberlin |
A blockbuster of a novel ... an explosive cliff-hanger whose denouement it would be unfair to reveal ... |
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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. |
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