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Segu

Maryse Conde
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The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty.

It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king’s most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Conde’s glittering epic.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
19 June 2017
Pages
512
ISBN
9780241293515

The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty.

It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king’s most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Conde’s glittering epic.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
19 June 2017
Pages
512
ISBN
9780241293515

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