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Dreamers of the Day (Paperback)

by Mary Doria Russell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday (10 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385614543
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385614542
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 323,785 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"All men dream, but not equally," wrote Lawrence of Arabia. "Those who dream at night awaken to find it vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men..." Reeling from the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic, diffident, 40-year-old teacher, Agnes Shanklin has come into a modest inheritance; enough to allow her to take the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land. But her arrival in Cairo coincides with an event that will change history. For it is 1921, and the Cairo Peace Conference will preside over nothing less than the creation of the modern Middle East. Neither a pawn nor a participant, Agnes becomes a welcome sounding board for the historic players - including Churchill, T. E. Lawrence and Lady Gertrude Bell - poised to invent the nations of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and so decide the fate of the Arab world. It also makes her unexpectedly attractive to the charismatic German spy, Karl Weilbacher.As Agnes observes the tumult and tensions of nation-building, she is drawn more and more deeply into geopolitical intrigue and towards a personal awakening. Both enlightening and entertaining, this compelling, passionately felt novel illuminates both the rich history of the Middle East and what lies behind today's headlines.

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‘I am sure of this much: my little story has become your history. You won’t really understand your times until you understand mine…’

Reeling from the aftermath of the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic, diffident schoolteacher Agnes Shanklin has taken the trip of a lifetime: to Egypt and the Holy Land.

But her arrival at Cairo’s Semiramis Hotel coincides with an event that will change history. For the year is 1921 and the Cairo Peace Conference is about to preside over nothing less than the creation of the modern Middle East.

At first Agnes becomes a welcome sounding board for the historic players – Churchill, T. E. Lawrence and Lady Gertrude Bell among them – poised to invent the nations of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and so decide the fate of the Arab world. Yet as tumultuous days pass, she attracts the attention of a charismatic German spy and is inexorably drawn into the duplicitous, dangerous world of geopolitical intrigue...

Compelling and passionately felt, this remarkable novel casts brilliant and perceptive light on what lies behind so many of today’s headlines.
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1.0 out of 5 stars a disappointment, 9 Oct 2008
By A. Mary Lord "marylord" (Stockport, England) - See all my reviews
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Having read and really enjoyed the author's previous three books (A Thread of Grace, The Sparrow and The Children of God), I was eager to dive into this one. But what a disappointment! "Dreamers ..." seems to have been written by another person. I thought I was going to experience a sensitive handling of complex Middle Eastern political history but there is no depth in this story: a 1920s American spinster takes off on a romantic trip to Egypt with her silly dachshund, whose exploits are described in detail, including its frequent crapping in inconvenient places. The woman gets entangled in a pseudo love affair with a married German spy, but doesn't care and enjoys it anyway. It's like a story out of "Grazia"!. The book reads like a superficial travelogue and the parts dealing with real historical figures like T.E. Lawrence and Winston Churchill are unbelievably bad: Churchill is a caricature, an objectional imperialist buffoon, while T.E. Lawrence, though treated sympathetically, makes little or no impression on the reader. I feel that the whole point in the book for the author was the "sermon" at the end, where she tells the reader what he/she should think about the Middle East and War in general. Come on Mary Doria Russel! What has happened to you!
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1.0 out of 5 stars What a moumental let down, 25 Jun 2009
By Mr. Geoffrey Noble (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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The science fiction books were as good as I have read in that genre. Thread of Grace has me crying in empathy with the characters so I looked forward to this with much expectation.

What an unbelievable let down. A very bland story that does not engage you at all and the ending is self serving nonsense. Doesn't work as a novel, doesn't work as a window on history and most certaintly doesn't work as philosophy. To be honest little more than garbage - avoid
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book With Silly Ending (Ignore Ending; Enjoy Book), 23 May 2009
By Ms. D. R. Moorhouse "book sqrl" (Kent UK) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed this book muchly, although I could have done without the condescending asides and the mini-history lessons, and the ending is Just Plain Daft.
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