ARABIAN NIGHTS 1914 - a Novel about Kaiser Wilhelm II {SIGNED & DATED by the Author} - exemplaire signée

His fourth book in the past five years. First, there was "Icon in Love: A Novel about Goethe, German rights sold for mass market to Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, then "The Man Who Knew Charlie Chaplin: A Novel about Weimar Germany, then "Earrings: A Novel set in Baden-Baden, 1883. Eric Koch's novels are wonderfully reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Aufbau and many other publications. His reputation as "the master of historical fiction" is warranted and increasing. It is 1914.. .the world is on the precipice of a World War. The great powers, Germany and the Ottoman Empireface each other. Ouda is a small Arab desert kingdom, poor and isolated. Zade, a direct descendant of Scheherazade, is convinced that Ouda is doomed unless it becomes a modern, secular state and adopts science and technology. Her king's model must be the quintessential modern monarch, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The Oudian Ambassador in Berlin sends books, documents, information praising the virtues of the forward-looking Kaiser. Late June, 1914. Zade learns about the assassination in Sarajewo of the Austrian heir to the throne. The world war must be stopped. She immediately decides to go to Berlin, seduce the Kaiser and preserve the peace. Full of intrigue, seduction, exotic characters, where the 'seductive middle east meets the modern west Arabian Nights 1914 is a totally engrossing novel. Like his previous works, Eric Koch introduces the reader to a by-gone but crucially important historical world. All his characters are well researched and reflect the reality of the period. In the master's hands, they are plausible, human and fully entertaining.