The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

About this book

A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Tom Reiss’s panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lev Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as “Essad Bey,” became a celebrated author with the enduring novel Ali and Nino as well as an adventurer, a real-life Indiana Jones with a fatal secret. Reiss pursued Lev’s story across ten countries and found himself caught up in encounters as dramatic and surreal–and sometimes as heartbreaking–as his subject’s life.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780812972764

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

March 14, 2006

Pages

496

Weight

13.3 oz

Subject

Biography & Autobiography