Cairo: The City Victorious GEM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SCRUM

Andrea Loprieno-Gnirs

Marie-H≈ΩlÔøΩne Rutschowscaya

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Cairo: The City Victorious GEM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORMax Rodenbeck After 5,000 years of continuous habitation, Cairo remains the greatest metropolis in its quarter of the globe. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Napoleon, the city has never stopped reinventing itself. The Victorious is what the Arabs called Cairo, and the indomitable spirit of the place still merits the name. Max Rodenbeck's richly textured biography combines a sweeping timescale with a keen eye