Tree of Pearls, Queen of Egypt Virginie Alliel Circumstances spiral out of control

Circumstances spiral out of control when an accidental murder springs from the best intentions

Barbara Tennell Rupp

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Tree of Pearls, Queen of Egypt Virginie Alliel Circumstances spiral out of controlShajar al Durr, known as Tree of Pearls, was one of the most famous Arab queens and the only woman in the medieval Arab world to rule in her own name. Her narrative is one element of a much larger story of the unsettled political climate of thirteenth century Egypt. In this eponymous novel, Zaydan charts the fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the rise of the Mamluke Dynasty through the adventures of Tree of Pearls and Rukn al Din Baybars, a young Mamluke