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Author:

Hantover, Jeffrey.

Title:

The jewel trader of Pegu / Jeffrey Hantover.

Edition:

1st Harper Perennial ed.

Publisher:

Harper Perennial,

Copyright Date:

2009, c2008

Description:

227 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Jews--Venice--Venice--History--16th century--Fiction.
Merchants--Fiction.
Precious stones--Fiction.
Pegu (Burma)--Social life and customs--16th century--Fiction.
Jews--Venice (Italy)--History--Fiction.
Merchants--Fiction.
Precious stones--Fiction.
Pegu (Burma)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Love stories.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

Abraham, a young Jewish trader, abandons his sixteenth-century home in Venice after the death of his wife and son, to travel to the Burmese kingdom of Pegu, where he encounters unusual and barbaric customs and traditions, and a young woman named Mya.

ISBN:

0061252719
9780061252716 (pbk.)

Locations:

CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)