Fencing with the King by Diana Abu-Jaber HARDBACK 9780393867718

Name: Fencing with the King by Diana Abu-Jaber HARDBACK 9780393867718
Brand: Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber

Amani is hooked on a mystery\u2014a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father\u2019s books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War.\nSoon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king\u2019s sixtieth birthday\u2014and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated\u2014and dangerous\u2014after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history and, eventually, a fight for her own life.\nFencing with the King masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable\n\nFencing with the King \u2013 A Novel\nA Novel\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services;