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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Prologue
Part I 1944–1946: From Italy to England
Magari
1 Two Diamond Rings
2 The Box Brownie
3 A Hatbox
4 Some Books She Brought With Her
5 A Bundle of German Marks
6 Brogues
7 Nasturtium Sandwiches
Postscript
Part II 1947: To Egypt
8 King Faruq’s Bookplate
9 The Rankers’ Club Bridge Book
10 The Cemetery at Rayol
11 A Bill of Lading
Part III 1947–1949: In Cairo
Malesh
Early memory i: Hoopoes
12 A Record Collection
Early memory ii: Lice
13 An Egyptian Cigarette Tin
Early memory iii: Being painted
14 The Little Girl in the Picture
Early memory iv: My fairy doll
15 A Pocket Dictionary
Early memory v: At the Great Pyramid
16 A Powder Compact
Early memory vi: Learning things
Part IV 1950–1951: Balm in Gilead
Early memory vii: Being ill
17 An Old Map
Early memory viii: ‘Tiger’
18 A Silver Photograph Frame
Part V 1952: Revolution
Early memory ix: The burned-out bookshop
19 The Cairo Fire
20 Shabti
Epilogue
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
List of illustrations
Cast of Characters
Index
Acknowledgements
Permissions
About the Author
Also by Marina Warner
About the Publisher
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