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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

Samira Ahmed

It is August in Paris and budding art historian Khayyam should be having the time of her life - but even in the City of Lights she can't stop worrying about the mess she left back home in Chicago. Only when she meets a cute young Parisian - who happens to be a distant relative of the novelist Alexandre Dumas - do things start to get interesting as she starts to unveil the story of a 19th century Muslim woman whose path may have intersected with Dumas Eugène Delacroix and Lord Byron.

Two hundred years earlier in the Ottoman empire Leila is the most favoured woman in the Pasha's harem. Her position is meant to be coveted; but she is struggling to survive as she fights to keep her true love hidden from her jealous captor.

Echoing across centuries as Khayyam uncovers the scintillating truth of Leila's long-forgotten life her own destiny is transformed forever.

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  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : JUN 4, 2020
  • Imprint : Atom
  • Page Extent : 336
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780349003559
  • Price : INR 575
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Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling and Indies Introduce author of LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS. She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like fried onions, spices and potpourri. Samira once spent a year searching for the perfect mango, eventually learning that the quest was always about the journey and not merely the destination. She graduated from the University of Chicago and has taught high school English and worked in education non-profits and on political campaigns. These days, she lives and writes in Chicago, every keystroke reminding her that art is resistance. Find her at www.samiraahmed.com and @sam_aye_ahm

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