City of the Sun (Maio novel)
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| Author | Juliana Maio |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | World War II |
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| Set in | Cairo, Egypt |
| Publisher | Greenleaf Book Group |
Publication date | March 2014 |
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| ISBN | 978-1626340671 |
City of the Sun is a novel by Juliana Maio,[1] published by Greenleaf Book Group[2] in March 2014. The novel, which blends historical fiction[3] with spy fiction and romantic fiction, is set in Cairo, Egypt in 1941 during the North Africa Campaign of World War II.[4] Though a work of fiction, it centers around true historical events and "connects the root of much of today's turmoil in the Middle East with the Axis-Allied struggle for control of the Suez Canal and the early history of the Muslim Brotherhood."[5]
The author was born to a Jewish family in Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo. Her family was expelled in 1956 during the Suez Crisis, when she was three years old.[6] Maio grew up and was educated in Paris, France[7] before her family emigrated to the United States.[8]
References
- ^ Elgrably, Jordan (4 November 1996). "A Celebration of the Jews the World Forgot". LA Times.
- ^ Silverman, Mary (6 August 2014). "Summer Read: "City of the Sun"". Desert Magazine. Gannett. The Desert Sun. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Brummett, Chad (29 October 2014). "Author Juliana Maio releases new book". KQRE News 13. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "'City of the Sun' Reveals True Middle East: Juliana Maio Speaks". huffpost.com. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ Maio, Juliana (6 December 2014). "Five Reasons Why Everybody Should Write a Book". Huffington Post.
- ^ Brawarsky, Sandee. "The Romance Of Cairo: Juliana Maio's 'City of the Sun'". The Jewish Week.
- ^ Evans, Mark (4 June 2014). "A Great Passion, A Great Story". Historical Novel Society.