The Jewel Trader of Pegu: A Novel by Jeffrey Hantover

The Jewel Trader of Pegu: A Novel

Jeffrey Hantover

256 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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In the autumn of 1598, Abraham, a melancholy young Jewish gem merchant, seeks his fortune far from the imprisoning ghetto walls of Venice. Traveling halfway across the world, he lands in the lush and exotic Burmese kingdom of Pegu—an alien place, ...

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