The Moth and the Flame

• Date de parution : 22/03/2016
• Editeur : Penguin Young Readers Group
• EAN : 9780399547737
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rake--the Captain of the Guard, Jalal al-Khoury--who may have finally met his match in a lovely, if haughty, handmaiden, Despina. But she, too, seems to have met her match in the handsome Jalal. What... Voir plus

It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rake--the Captain of the Guard, Jalal al-Khoury--who may have finally met his match in a lovely, if haughty, handmaiden, Despina. But she, too, seems to have met her match in the handsome Jalal. What begins as a tempestuous battle of will and wit in short order becomes a passionate affair spurred on by tragedy of the worst kind.