A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry. In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring...The ancient city of Cairo is a whirling mix of the oldand the new, where fates collide and the super rich rub shoulders with thedesperate and the dispossessed. It is a place where ambition and corruption g
The Golden Calves
β Scribed by Louis Auchincloss
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Edition
- 1st St. Martin's Press mass market ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In a world of opulent museums, lavish homes and extravagent dreams, public spectacle pales before private intrigue, and the pursuit of power is the finest art. Welcome to the wolrd of mater storyteller Louis Auchincloss...
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