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Tamanrasset: Crossroads of the Nomad, from publishing house Edwardian Press, is now available from quality publisher Lulu here or from Amazon here or order at your favorite bookstore with ISBN-13: 979-8999644619. Kindle EBOOK AND Audible AUDIOBOOK AVAILABLE from Amazon
The reviews are in: “Edward Parr’s Tamanrasset: Crossroads of the Nomad is an ambitious and richly detailed historical novel that transports readers to North Africa at the dawn of the 20th century. Spanning Algeria, Morocco, and the vast Sahara, the book is steeped in the textures of the Maghreb, its landscapes, its cultural crossroads, and its violent collisions between European colonial powers and indigenous tribes. At 544 pages, this is no light read, but for those willing to invest in its sweeping narrative, it delivers a vivid and deeply immersive experience. … In sum, Tamanrasset: Crossroads of the Nomad is both a grand saga and a meditation on what it means to survive, adapt, and hold onto one’s identity in times of upheaval. Edward Parr has written a book that will linger with readers long after the final page, not because it offers simple answers, but because it so vividly evokes the complexities of a world at a crossroads.” Scott Olson, Seattle Book Review
“Edward Parr’s historical fiction features breathtaking scenes portraying real events” – Portland Book Review
TAMANRASSET is a novel set at the beginning of the 20th Century on the fringes of the Sahara desert, before airplanes or telephones, when there were no maps of the desert, when the people living on the edges of the Sahara did not know what was out there, and when France and Great Britain were only the most recent world powers trying to exploit the region. There, the lives of four protagonists become entwined: A mature Foreign Legionnaire who has made his home in the harsh life of France’s desert fortresses; the young Arab son of the Sharif that leads the tribes in the western Sahara fighting to protect his family; an ambitious American archeologist in charge of the excavations at Carthage; and a young Swedish widow in Fez who adopts Islam in order to earn a place in the community there. Each of them suffers a crisis of alienation, and it is only through the chance intersection of their lives that they become bound together and elect to influence a world that stands on the brink of vanishing forever. Like his prior novels, a trilogy of World War I adventures which were inspired by early espionage fiction, Edward Parr’s TAMANRASSET reinvents the classic pulp fiction adventures of the French Foreign Legion while telling a new story that takes place against a backdrop of real historical events in Morocco and Algeria in the years 1900 to 1908. For readers of Ken Follett, Bernard Cornwell, and Philippa Gregory, TAMANRASSET is a novel about loss and isolation and the fragile, often transitory bonds that bring people together.
“I write historical fiction based in historical fact to explore multi-cultural situations and people and places undergoing transformation, and I’m particularly interested in the late 19th Century and the 20th Century period leading up to World War Two. My first three novels, the Kingdoms Fall trilogy, explored the global transformation that occurred during the First World War. My forthcoming novel, Tamanrasset: Crossroads of the Nomad is an exploration of a fascinating time and place – the Sahara Desert at the turn of the 20th Century, a time when there were no airplanes or decent maps of the desert, when the people living on the edge of the Sahara did not know what was out there, and when France and England were only the most recent powers trying to lay claim to the region.” – Edward Parr
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A REDUCED-PRICE SINGLE VOLUME PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE KINGDOMS FALL TRILOGY
Kingdoms Fall – The Laxenburg Message
Book One of Kingdoms Fall
Kingdoms Fall – The Korniloff Affair
Book Two of Kingdoms Fall
Kingdoms Fall – The Wieringen Proposal
Book Three of Kingdoms Fall
The award-winning Kingdoms Fall series tells the story of the First World War from the perspective of two British officers recruited into the fledgling Secret Intelligence Service. As David Gresham, a streetwise, battlefield-promoted junior officer from Manchester, and Captain James Wilkins, top boy at Eton and son of an influential British Lord, pursue missions for Great Britain, they see (and some times cause) major events that shook the very foundations of Europe during the Great War. The first novel begins at Gallipoli and continues the story to Greece, Serbia, Austria, and France, while around the young agents Europe begin to fall apart. The novels are historical fiction and focus on the politics and intrigue behind the scenes as well as major military actions of the war. The fictional characters are woven into actual places and events, and an extended afterward discusses the historical matters and persons incorporated into the story. Portland Book Review gave 5 stars and says: “Edward Parr’s historical fiction features breathtaking scenes portraying real events from World War I in his Kingdoms Fall series. . . . [T]he story is easily addictive as the reader is caught up in some remarkable events. Non-stop action drives the story to its conclusion and it avoids feeling like a history lesson even though it is historically based.” In the first novel, The Laxenburg Message, Gresham and Wilkins will pierce the heart of the Hapsburg dynasty in Austria- Hungary. In the second novel, The Korniloff Affair, they will become embroiled in the Russian Revolution. And, in the third novel, The Wieringen Proposal, the Hohenzollern dynasty of Germany is their target. For more information about the Kingdoms Fall series, please click here.
The works of Edward Parr are published by Edwardian Press NOLA (registered trade name) WHICH ALSO re-publishes select off-copyright works in English from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Newspapers and magazines during the Edwardian period adopted a more informal and personal style of writing compared to the Victorian era. This “middlebrow” style, characterized by shorter, chattier writing, appeared in various sections including reviews of theatre, books, politics, and sports. Edwardian newspapers also featured a mix of local news, reviews, and fiction, contributing to the era’s unique literary landscape. If you are an author who would like to find out more about publishing your original work through Edwardian Press, please inquire by sending an email to EdwardianPressNOLA at Proton dot me with the subject line “This is a real inquiry, you jerk!”