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Early one morning in 1899, in a small town along the coast from Mombasa, Hassana
li sets out for the mosque. But he never gets there, for out of the desert stumb
les an ashen and exhausted Englishman who collapses at his feet. That man is Mar
tin Pearce - writer, traveller and something of an Orientalist.
After Pearce
has recuperated, he visits Hassanali to thank him for his rescue and meets Hassa
nali's sister Rehana; he is immediately captivated. In this crumbling town on th
e edge of civilised life, with the empire on the brink of a new century, a passi
onate love affair begins that brings two cultures together and which will reverb
erate through three generations and across continents.
