The Ruby in Her Navel by Unsworth, Barry

The Ruby in Her Navel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780525435259)

Vendor: Barry Unsworth
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Format: Paperback
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The Ruby in Her Navel by Unsworth, Barry

The Ruby in Her Navel

$18.00
The Ruby in Her Navel by Unsworth, Barry

The Ruby in Her Navel

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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In twelfth-century Norman Sicily, King Roger presides over Palermo in the aftermath of the Second Crusade. For the time being, Latins and Greeks, Arabs and Jews are living together in uneasy harmony. Within this milieu, young Thurstan Beauchamp serves faithfully as a civil servant of the king, his daily environment filled with tiny accountings, schemes, machinations, and bribes. When he is dispatched to investigate a conspiracy against the king, he will find his loyalties tested--and, when he encounters both his childhood sweetheart and a seductive dancer, his heart torn. An extraordinary tale of ambition, politics, and the loss of innocence, set against the glittering backdrop of medieval Europe, The Ruby in Her Navel powerfully traces the clash of civilizations from its historical origins, with deep resonances for today.

Author: Barry Unsworth
ISBN-10: 0525435255
ISBN-13: 9780525435259
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.00d
By Barry Unsworth
By Barry Unsworth
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Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 and grew up in a mining town in northeast England. Descended from a long line of coal miners, he was the first Unsworth to escape the mines. He attended Manchester University and published his first novel, The Partnership, in 1966. He is the author of seventeen books, including The Ruby in Her Navel, longlisted for the Booker Prize; Pascali's Island and Morality Play, both shortlisted for the Booker; and Sacred Hunger, co-winner of the Booker Prize. He died in 2012 at the age of eighty-one.

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