{"product_id":"the-epic-of-mesopotamia-david-m-kiely-9781463604134","title":"The Epic of Mesopotamia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e1916 - 2016\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One hundred years ago, in the wake of the Easter Rising, defeated Irish rebels surrendered to a British general. That same day, a defeated British general surrendered to the Ottoman Turks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the story of Robert Lampeter, a young officer and filmmaker who survived the disastrous campaign, and a brutal imprisonment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1921, Lampeter is a tortured soul, living in Paris. His memory of captivity is flawed, but recurring nightmares suggest the worst.\u003cbr\u003e At a dinner party for James Joyce and his forthcoming novel, \u003ci\u003eUlysses, \u003c\/i\u003e Lampeter meets an attractive American journalist: Blanche Fiore. The scene is set for romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet Iraq and the genocide of hapless Christians bedevil Lampeter's past, and will not allow him to live a normal life. Those horrors have scarred both his body and mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And the war continues to intrude on Blanche's plans to win her enigmatic English beau. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marrying fiction with highly disturbing fact, this is an epic novel of WWI as no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. Kiely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1463604130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781463604134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.49d","brand":"David M. Kiely","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800266551551,"sku":"9781463604134","price":30.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-epic-of-mesopotamia-david-m-kiely-9781463604134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}