Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

Title: Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life Author: Tom Reiss ISBN: 9780812972764 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group Published: 2006 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good A 1631003 Publisher Description: 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.