Caravan
Click to look inside
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
Caravan by Gilman
A lushly romantic adventure story set in the North African desert in 1914, told by the impeccable Lady Treal as she reminisces in her London town house about her decidedly peccable past...Well-written, expertly plotted, perfectly paced.NEWSDAY
With her anthropologist husband murdered and their caravan stolen by fierce Tuareg tribesmen, Caressa's choices are death or a life of slavery. Concealing her dangerous beauty beneath the faded robes of an Arab boy, she embarks on the adventrue of her life, harassed by vicious nomads, slave traders and the envious witch doctor, Isa. Only a handful of carnival magic tricks stand between her and oblivion. Then she discovers an inner magic so mysteriously compelling that the desert people call her a sorceress. With it she will secure her freedom and discover the love of her life.... From the Paperback edition.
Mrs. Gilman is Dorothy Gilman's thirteenth novel. The Unexpected Mrs., the first Pollifax novel, is the first in a series of Pollifax novels. Mrs. Pollifax, and on through Mrs. Innocent Tourist, Pollifax She is a resident of Westport, Connecticut.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780449221754 |
| ISBN 10 | 044922175X |
| Title | Caravan |
| Author | Gilman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1993-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |