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The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan, William M'Cauley, Hugh White, Matthew Killroy, William Warren, John Carrol, and Hugh Montgomery - Soldiers in His Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel... (Hardcover)
William Wemms, John Hodgson
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R835
Discovery Miles 8 350
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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This book contains love letters that express how beautiful it is to
be in love.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE At the heart
of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a
niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the
severed heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest
head and gossip about the state of the empire: the province of
Albania is demanding independence again, and the niche awaits a new
trophy... Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with
transporting heads to the capital - a task he relishes and performs
with fervour. But as he travels through obscure and impoverished
territories, he makes money from illicit side-shows, offering
villagers the spectacle of death. The head of the rebellious
Albanian governor would fetch a very high price. The Traitor's
Niche is a surreal tale of rebellion and tyranny, in a land where
armies carry scarecrows, state officials ban entire languages, and
the act of forgetting is more complicated than remembering.
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013. In
September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of
Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without
a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the
events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood
friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel,
a reunion in the town square and a fateful dinner party that would
transform twentieth-century Europe. A captivating novel of
resistance in a dictatorship, and steeped in Albanian folklore, The
Fall of the Stone City shows Kadare at the height of his powers.
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