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15 Ratings

3.9

Duration
3H 52min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

‘With the open sesame of language ready to hand, he suddenly began to find himself really penetrating a foreign country’ In Mountolive the third volume in Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, the events surrounding the interwoven community of Nessim, Justine, Narouz, Pursewarden and the other major characters are given a very different perspective. The intrigues and complex relationships are seen through the political prism of a world plunging towards war. David Mountolive, once emotionally involved with Nessim’s set, now returns to Egypt as the British ambassador…

© 2014 Naxos Audiobooks (Audiobook): 9789629545871

Release date

Audiobook: May 1, 2014

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