Isabelle
The Life of Isabelle Eberhardt
«All the intricate threads of her rebellious life are to be found in Annette Kobak's scrupulously researched book»
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was born the daughter of a Russian emigres and raised in a climate of aristocratic anarchism. She reinvented herself as a desert Arab and a devout Muslim. She was a woman who preferred dressing like a boy and whose adventures - as a mystic, a connoiser of drugs, and a rumoured participant in sexual orgies - scandalised Europeans at the turn of the century. Les mer
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Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was born the daughter of a Russian emigres and raised in a climate of aristocratic anarchism. She reinvented herself as a desert Arab and a devout Muslim. She was a woman who preferred dressing like a boy and whose adventures - as a mystic, a connoiser of drugs, and a rumoured participant in sexual orgies - scandalised Europeans at the turn of the century. During her brief life she was a source of worried speculation to the French authorities in North Africa. After her death she became a legend: 'the amazon of the Sahara'.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Virago Press Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781844083428
- Utgivelsesår
- 2006
- Format
- 20 x 12 cm
Anmeldelser
«All the intricate threads of her rebellious life are to be found in Annette Kobak's scrupulously researched book»
DAILY TELEGRAPH
«A wonderful book - instantly absorbing and beautifully written»
BILL BRYSON
«This impeccably researched biography is a thoughtful and illuminating study»
SUNDAY TIMES
«She is firmly in control of her sensational material»
GUARDIAN