Tom Reiss
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This book traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany. Born in 1905 in Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany, where, writing under the names Essad Bey and Kurban Said, his remarkable books about Islam, desert adventures, and global revolution, became celebrated across fascist...
Author
Language
English
Description
Astonishing. Searingly honest with plenty of drama it is the true story of a young life led that promised much, and delivered more than could ever have been envisaged until the bottom fell out of the author's world.
From the realms of high finance and a chance encounter with the President to the comedic pathos of the participation in a football tournament, as an inpatient of a psychiatric facility.
After a lengthy period flat out on the canvas of...
