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Queen Scheherazade is kidnapped from Baghdad and must tell a story to save her own life, having told stories for many years to save the lives of other women.
'Ninth-century Baghdad, legendary crossroads of the East. It is nearly twenty years since Scheherazade spun her tales for a thousand and one nights, the tales that saved her life and immortalised the city that she had never seen - until now. But almost immediately she is kidnapped by a party of hashish-chewing assassins from under the Caliph of Baghdad's nose. An ancient prophecy leads the Caliph to despatch an unlikely crew of sailors on a rescue mission. As they venture deeper into the unforgiving desert, losing camels, supplies, and all sense of dicrection, Scheherazade must face her abductors alone. And once again begins to spin a tale to save her life... An adventure full of wit, danger and incident, murder and mystery, poetry and philosophy - and testament to the power of the imagination - Scheherazade sweeps from the historical realities of Arabian life into a world of magic carpets and miraculous beings, seamlessly weaving fact, fiction and fable into a novel rich with all the heady power of the Arabian Nights.'
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- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Deft and Imaginative
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 July 2001; (p. 8)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
Genie of Imagination
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 July 2001; (p. 23)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
Embellisher of Baghdad
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 June vol. 119 no. 6277 2001; (p. 72)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
Recasting Women of Ancient World
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 May 2001; (p. 9)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel ; Jezebel 2001 single work novel -
Scheherazade as a Modern Madonna?
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 April 2001; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel
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Scheherazade as a Modern Madonna?
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 April 2001; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
Recasting Women of Ancient World
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 May 2001; (p. 9)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel ; Jezebel 2001 single work novel -
Embellisher of Baghdad
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 June vol. 119 no. 6277 2001; (p. 72)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
Genie of Imagination
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 July 2001; (p. 23)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
Deft and Imaginative
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 July 2001; (p. 8)
— Review of Scheherazade : A Tale 2001 single work novel -
To Be Continued...
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 15 July 2000; (p. 42-44)
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Baghdad,
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