Maryse Cond is an extraordinary storyteller who brings the history of an African kingdom alive as vividly as if it existed today. . . This is a great novel unputdownable and unforgettable Bernardine EvaristoWinner of the Alternative Nobel Prize for Literature 2018 The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the kings most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Conds glittering epic.Rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the readers heart Maya AngelouA stunning reaffirmation of Africa and its peoples... Its a starburst John A. Williams

Binding: Paperback;512 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FV; Weight: 470 g; Dimensions: 199 x 129 x 24

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