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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'.

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She is firmly in control of her sensational material * GUARDIAN *
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Isabelle: The Life of Isabelle Eberhardt

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 01/06/2006
      ISBN13: 9781844083428, 978-1844083428
      ISBN10: 184408342X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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'.

      Trade Review
      She is firmly in control of her sensational material * GUARDIAN *
      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 *

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