Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet. Michael Pearce

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Название: Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet

Автор: Michael Pearce

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Приключения: прочее

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isbn: 9780008257262

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In this classic mystery from the award-winning Michael Pearce, a powerful politician is murdered in Cairo in the 1900s and the Mamur Zapt is called in to investigate.Cairo in the 1900s. As the long period of indirect British rule draws to an end, tensions mount. The attempted assassination of a politician raises the possibility of a terrorist outrage at the city’s religious festival, the Return of the Holy Carpet from Mecca.When the Mamur Zapt, British head of Cairo’s secret police, begins to investigate, he finds himself in a race against a deadly group of terrorists to protect the city from a catastrophic attack.