Series: Cairo Trilogy

Palace Walk is the first volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy. This sweeping and evocative portrait captures both a family and a country struggling to move toward independence in a society that has resisted change for centuries. Set against the backdrop of Britain's occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I, Palace Walk introduces us to the Al Jawad family....

The second volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy. The sensual and provocative second volume in the Cairo Trilogy, Palace Of Desire follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920s and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams, and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son's death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues...

The final volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy. The acclaimed international bestseller by the Nobel Prize winning author. 'A masterpiece' - The Times'The Arab Tolstoy' - Simon Sebag Montefiore Sugar Street, the climactic final book in the classic Cairo Trilogy, is the captivating story of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt. As Cairo shrugs off...