Farewell Alexandria

About the Book

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.
BBC2 - Diane Louise Jordan

A blockbuster of a novel...an explosive cliff-hanger whose denoument it would be unfair to reveal...
Monacle UK - Russell Chamberlin

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, 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
Barabara Taylor Bradford - a world which demands to be brought to life on the screen.
Author and film producer - Geoffrey Wansell - UK

About the Author

Writer and broadcaster, Derek Flower spent his childhood and early youth in Egypt where he enjoyed a multilingual education before graduating at Oxford with an honours degree in Modern Languages. His lifelong interest in Egyptology and the opening of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina prompted him to write the story of the Ancient Library of Alexandria, the world’s first great centre of culture, in a book that reads more like a captivating historical novel than the academic and well documented treatise it is. Derek Flower lives in Italy with his wife, Frédérique, but still spends several weeks a year in Egypt. He is also involved in the promotion of a European cultural and ecumenic centre at the historic Imperial Abbey of Farfa, north of Rome.