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The Mistress of Abha

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  • "A mesmerising tale of Empire, wild daring, love and conquest in Lawrence's Arabia The year is 1930 and the British are in Arabia. Ivor Willoughby, a young Orientalist, embarks on an ambitious quest to find his father, an officer abroad with the British Army. In all of Ivor's life, Robert has returned to England only once, bedraggled and wild-eyed with tales of As'ir, a land of Sheikhs and white-turbaned bandits, where he is fighting alongside Captain Lawrence and is known by the name 'Ullobi'. After that single meeting which left such a mark on his son, Robert is never heard from again. Ten years on, Ivor must find out what became of him. So he sets out on the journey of a lifetime. Travelling to Cairo to join the Locust Bureau, then circuitously to Abha, Yemen, and along the Red Sea coast, Ivor searches everywhere for clues about Ullobi, but no one appears to remember him. Or perhaps they are afraid to admit to it. Along the way Ivor hears whispers of a woman warrior called..."
  • "The year is 1930 and the British are in Arabia. Ivor Willoughby, a young Orientalist, embarks on an ambitious quest to find his father, an officer abroad with the British Army. In all of Ivor's life, Robert has returned to England only once, bedraggled and wild-eyed with tales of As'ir, a land of Sheikhs and white-turbaned bandits, where he is fighting alongside Captain Lawrence and is known by the name 'Ullobi'. After that single meeting which left such a mark on his son, Robert is never heard from again. Ten years on, Ivor must find out what became of him. So he sets out on the journey of a lifetime. Travelling to Cairo to join the Locust Bureau, then circuitously to Abha, Yemen, and along the Red Sea coast, Ivor searches everywhere for clues about Ullobi, but no one appears to remember him. Or perhaps they are afraid to admit to it. Along the way Ivor hears whispers of a woman warrior called Na'ema who was once a slave. Her story seems tantalizingly connected with his father's, and Ivor finds himself in the misty heights of Ayinah looking for an Abyssinian seer who was carried on the same slave ship as Na'ema in 1914 and might unlock the mystery."
  • ""1930. Ivor Willoughby, a young Orientalist, embarks on an ambitious quest to find his father. In all of Ivor's life, Robert has returned to England only once, wild-eyed with tales of As'ir, where he is fighting alongside Captain Lawrence and is known by the name 'Ullobi'. After that single meeting, Robert is never heard from again. Ten years on, Ivor must find out what became of him. Travelling to Cairo to join the Locust Bureau, Ivor searches everywhere for clues about Ullobi. Along the way Ivor hears whispers of a woman warrior called Na'ema who was once a slave. Her story seems tantalisingly connected with his father's, and Ivor finds himself looking for an Abyssinian seer who might unlock the mystery"--P. [4] of cover."
  • "The year is 1930 and the British are in Arabia. Ivor Willoughby, a young Orientalist, embarks on an ambitious quest to find his father, an officer abroad with the British Army."
  • "1930. Ivor Willoughby, a young Orientalist, embarks on an ambitious quest to find his father. In all of Ivor's life, Robert has returned to England only once, wild-eyed with tales of As'ir, where he is fighting alongside Captain Lawrence and is known by the name 'Ullobi'. After that single meeting, Robert is never heard from again. Ten years on, Ivor must find out what became of him. Travelling to Cairo to join the Locust Bureau, Ivor searches everywhere for clues about Ullobi. Along the way Ivor hears whispers of a woman warrior called Na'ema who was once a slave. Her story seems tantalisingly connected with his father's, and Ivor finds himself looking for an Abyssinian seer who might unlock the mystery..."

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "History"
  • "Literature"

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  • "The Mistress of Abha"@en
  • "The Mistress of Abha"
  • "The Mistress of Abha : a novel"
  • "Gospodarica Arabije"
  • "The mistress of Abha"
  • "The mistress of Abha"@en

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