The House of the Prophet - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980.
ISBN: 0395290848
Price: $50.00
The House of the Prophet - 1st Edition/1st Printing
An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket.
The House of the Prophet is the story of a family's struggle to survive in a time of turmoil. The Auchinclosses are Sephardi Jews who are forced to flee their home in Spain in the years following the Spanish Inquisition. They end up in Egypt, where they live in close quarters with members of the Muslim faith. The Auchinclosses must learn to cooperate and work together to survive in a hostile environment.; 8vo; 275 pages.
