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Thomas Hope
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R670
Discovery Miles 6 700
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Text (Paperback)
Thomas Hope
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R670
Discovery Miles 6 700
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Quiet voices will not change the world even if you truly believe it
can change. Most believe the world will never change since their
lives are so dedicated to their daily fight to survive. Going to
School with Abraham is a challenge for those who may read its words
to slow down long enough to regain what we have lost. The tale of
Abraham is one of two men who become separated in death. After
death their lives become interlinked in the lives of twelve misfit
children who are the first to enter the school of Abraham. What
makes Going to School with Abraham so intriguing is the reality it
may hold for us and our loved ones. Welcome to the school of
Abraham as the doors are always open.
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Anastasius (Hardcover)
Thomas Hope; Foreword by John Rodenbeck; Introduction by Jerry Nolan
bundle available
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R1,438
Discovery Miles 14 380
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Here is the book that took the world by storm, and then was lost.
In 1817 Thomas Hope began work on a book that was destined to
astonish the West by lifting the curtain of ignorance which had
encouraged enmity against the East. Hope s hero Anastasius was
fearless, curious, cunning, ruthless, brave, and above all, sexy.
Born the son of a respected Greek dragoman, he converted to Islam
early on, a move which allowed the renamed Selim to take the reader
along as he journeyed deep into the vast and dangerous Ottoman
Empire. During the 35 years described in the book (1762 1798) the
swashbuckling Anastasius/Selim infiltrated the deadly Wahhabis in
Arabia, rode to war with the Mamelukes in Egypt and sailed the
Mediterranean with the Turks. He was imprisoned, shipwrecked and
hunted. He embraced lovers, killed enemies and had his heart broken
forever in Trieste. In Anastasius can be found some of the most
eloquently written English since Shakespeare. When completed in
1819, it was a work of such academic interest, raw excitement and
descriptive power that the fabled London publisher, John Murray,
released it. The first edition was an overnight sensation and the
second sold out in twenty-four hours. Foreign editions quickly
followed. This remarkable new edition features all three volumes
together for the first time. Plus, in a series of commissioned
Appendixes, an international team of academic experts have examined
Hope s life, political impact and artistic legacy, the latter being
a ground-breaking investigation of the famous portrait of the
author depicted as a noble of the Ottoman Empire. In accordance
with its academic mission, the royalties of this new edition are
being donated to the National Portrait Gallery. To have discovered
this book in 1819 would have opened a portal into a forbidden part
of the world which the average reader could never have expected to
visit. Yet open the book today and Anastasius will once again weave
his enchanting tale of travel, love and war, all the while
demonstrating the human harmonies still linking East and West.
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