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Farewell Alexandria (Paperback)

by Derek Adie Flower (Author)
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  • Paperback: 380 pages
  • Publisher: Lulu.com (1 Dec 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847534422
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847534422
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,629,735 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Diane Louise Jordan, BBC2 Radio2

A novel of epic proportions based on Derek Flower's intimate knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs and international big business ... a gorgeous read. I couldn't put it down... and even in terms of a history lesson ( of the 20th century) Farewell Alexandria is excellent... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Geoffrey Wansell, Author and film producer

In Farewell Alexandria, Derek Flower has created a story of drama and intrigue that stands comparison with the great sagas of the past, the Forsyth's, the Ewing's, even the Onasis's. He has created an unforgettable world of ambition, lust, revenge, incest, rape and carnage, throughout which the human spirit of Julius Caspar still flows indomitably on. The three generations of the Caspar family weave a web which not only captures the imagination, but seems only too real, every bit as real as the novels of James Clavell, Danielle Steele or Barbara Taylor Bradford - a world which demands to be brought to life on the screen. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Playing One's Role on the World Stage, 4 Jun 2008
By Erika Borsos "pepper flower" (Gulf Coast of FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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Antor Caspardian is a famous man, a self-made businessman who has rubbed elbows with world leaders. He is someone whose advice is sought by heads of countries where political conflicts and wars have arisen. He lived a full and complicated life and in this book "Farewell Alexandria" we learn the details of his multifaceted personality and the many events which culminated in his status as a world businessman, a man who stepped upon the world stage and became a major player. Yet, hidden within his life are secrets which only he and those very close to him know. On a personal level, perhaps all the fame and fortune he acquired can not cover up the pain and losses he experienced to achieve success. He never married the one true love of his life ... yet he had two children, a son and daughter by two different women one of whom he loved on a very deep and personal level. He learns he has children, when they are nearly adults. This is the one major source of his personal pain, he can not reveal he is their father due to their social situation and his own status. Later, they *do* learn who their real father is ... which has consequences in their lives that no one can anticipate.

The seeds for his major successes in life and his personal pain were sown and grew in Alexandria, Egypt where he lived prior to World War I. He is the son of immigrant parents, who came from Turkey to achieve economic freedom. His father began as a carpenter and became a furniture artisan, famous for the high quality of his creations. He built up a thriving business. They are Catholic and Antor was sent to a private Catholic school where he was a very gifted student. Rather than pursue his studies in Italy on a scholarship, Antor became apprenticed to an accountant. Antor realized money and social status were related to power. Those who gained wealth became powerful and were politically connected, respected. They led very different lives than the majority of Alexandria's citizens. He wanted this for himself. The drive to achieve success in business and gain respect and power were his major ambitions in life. With his accounting background, he examined which banks were well connected to the business families of Alexandria, that is where he applied for a job and was hired. Antor became accepted by the Wirsa family who did high level business with his bank. He met their daughter, Marguerite, and fell head over heels in love with her. Antor sensed she felt the same. Her parents tolerated his social visits but they had higher social and business related ambitions for her marriage. He pursued his interest in her but fate turned against him. Marguerite was taken to Europe by her parents and quickly married to the man her parents favored. Unknown to Antor, she carried his child, unknown to her husband, the child was fathered by someone else ... The timing was so close, it was easy to deceive them all.

Antor's business connections and relationships prospered within Alexandria. He put aside his personal pain and applied his energies to his work. He learned money is what counted and if you had enough, the world can be yours. He met a woman who taught him about social relations and how to cultivate the rich and famous. He learned even more about the art of seduction and what women wanted from a man. As time passed, some of his businesses failed, he turned to new avenues of making money. His connections to the Italians and the Jewish merchants vanished due to events which would erupt into World War II. Even his associatons with the British Army took a turn for the worse. Yet, he managed to maintain relations with the King of Egypt and his business relations began to prosper again. He dealt in Egyptian cotton and later scrap metal. He diverted funds to Swiss acounts. In the mid-1950s he got in early on a deal with a pharmaceutical company which went world wide. One of his rivals in this arena was a young entrepeneur named George Cristofides, a banker and up and coming world-wide businessman. The reader will appreciate the unexpected twists and turns in this story about the business and personal relations which arise due to this association.

The story and plot are epic in scope and contain deep caverns that are examined and in which unexpected events take on new meaning as the author so cleverly ties together the personal love life of Antor Caspardian with the world business events that seem to rule his life. One day, he realizes that blood is thicker than water. He comes to appreciate the family and children that he never knew existed after they enter his life. This is a complicated book which includes a vast amount of recent history as its backdrop and which reveals a twisted tale of success on a world scale with lessons that reveal the high price paid for acheiving power and political success. This is a most engaging novel with excellent plots and twists which will keep the reader fully engaged from start to finish. Erika Borsos [pepper flower]
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