Lili, A Moroccan girl raised by the American Ambassador, must choose whether to become the American lady she is educated to be, or to embrace her Moroccan heritage. She falls in love with a dashing Moroccan noble, but decides to marry an American diplomat. When her marriage fails she must make a difficult choice.
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Diane Skelly Ponasik was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco in the 60’s and has a Ph.D. in Anthropology with an emphasis on Middle East peasants. She spent ten years on and off in Morocco and then joined the United States Agency for International Development. During her twenty-seven year career she was stationed in the Yemen Arab Republic, Mali, Egypt, Haiti and Macedonia. She is now retired and lives with her husband in Washington, D.C.
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This is a wonderful marriage between fiction and history-- the author's description of Tangier leaves one still smelling and tasting the city weeks later. The love story is fast paced and passionate but remains true to the time and the culture! Haven't enjoyed a historical fiction like this since Noel Barber's A Woman of Cairo! Highly recommend!
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Painless learning,
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A compelling and interesting book. Never have I learned so much about a country with so little effort. The country's history is really the star, and the country itself is shown in a most engaging and accessible way. My "knowledge" of Morocco was pretty much limited to Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman before I read "Tangier", but I now feel like an expert. All this plus some unexpectedly steamy sex.
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A Moroccan Enchantment,
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I loved this book! First, because I found the smells and tastes of Morocco so artfully described. Second, because the story drew me into an historical context with which I was unfamiliar. It brought me into north Africa at a time when colonialism was forcing the characters in this narrative to examine their loyalties in the midst of turbulent events. How and why they made the choices they did kept me turning the pages, sorry to let them go when the final page was turned.
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Matt Shields picked his way down the shadowy labyrinth that formed the Tangier Kasbah, following the beam of his manservant, Hamoud's, lantern. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abdel Aziz, Bou Hamara, Moulay Hafid, Walter Harris, Qaid Maclean, San Francisco, Budgett Meakin, Sherif Mohammed, Ian Perdicaris, General Lyautey, Miss Higgins, Alice Watson, Ben Simons, French Minister, Sister Louise, Tangier Times, American Legation, Arthur Crampton, Ben Slimane, Captain Dreyfus, Moulay Idriss, Sherif Raisuni, Sir Walter, United States, Devil's Island New!
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Matt Shields picked his way down the shadowy labyrinth that formed the Tangier Kasbah, following the beam of his manservant, Hamoud's, lantern. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abdel Aziz, Bou Hamara, Moulay Hafid, Walter Harris, Qaid Maclean, San Francisco, Budgett Meakin, Sherif Mohammed, Ian Perdicaris, General Lyautey, Miss Higgins, Alice Watson, Ben Simons, French Minister, Sister Louise, Tangier Times, American Legation, Arthur Crampton, Ben Slimane, Captain Dreyfus, Moulay Idriss, Sherif Raisuni, Sir Walter, United States, Devil's Island New!
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- In Morocco by Edith Wharton in Front Matter
- The Conquest of Morocco by Douglas Porch in Front Matter
- Lyautey and the French Conquest of Morocco by William A. Hoisington in Front Matter
- Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956 by Gavin Maxwell in Front Matter
- Morocco That Was by Walter Harris in Front Matter
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