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Tanios was a child of the mountains of Lebanon in the 1880s when the Egyptian Pashas were struggling against Ottoman domination and the British and French plotted with and against each other.Amin Maalouf's novel, The Rock of Tanios, begins with a recollection of the rock on which Tanios was last seen sitting and weaves together the strands of the fascinating legend of his disappearance. Tanios was the illegitimate son of a powerful Sheik whose every action brought chaos into his village. When Tanios's adopted father caused the death of a powerful political rival, he and his son together fled their homeland. In hiding, they became entangled with international spies and politicians; Tanios soon took on the roll of intermediary between dueling European and Middle Eastern powers.
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The rock of Tanios, Amin Maalouf
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1995
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- Titel
- The rock of Tanios
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Amin Maalouf
- Uitgever
- Abacus
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1995
- Formaat
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0349106622
- ISBN13
- 9780349106625
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historische romans, Frankrijk, Dorpen, Libanon
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Le rocher de Tanios
- Beoordeling
- 4 van 5
- Aantekening
- Tanios was a child of the mountains of Lebanon in the 1880s when the Egyptian Pashas were struggling against Ottoman domination and the British and French plotted with and against each other.Amin Maalouf's novel, The Rock of Tanios, begins with a recollection of the rock on which Tanios was last seen sitting and weaves together the strands of the fascinating legend of his disappearance. Tanios was the illegitimate son of a powerful Sheik whose every action brought chaos into his village. When Tanios's adopted father caused the death of a powerful political rival, he and his son together fled their homeland. In hiding, they became entangled with international spies and politicians; Tanios soon took on the roll of intermediary between dueling European and Middle Eastern powers.