num_pages: 280
description: ‘I knew that Clea would share everything with me, withholding nothing – not even the look of complicity which women reserve only for their mirrors.’ In Clea, the concluding part of The Alexandria Quartet, Darley returns to Alexandria now caught by war-fever. The conflagration has its effect on his circle – on Nessim and Justine, Balthazar and Clea, Mountolive and Pombal – a clarity of purpose emerges as the story moves towards its cadence. Ravel, Debussy, Macdowell
language: English
title: Clea
titlecomplete: Clea
genres: Fiction, Egypt, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 2936
places: Alexandria
series: Alexandria Quartet
publisher: Pocket Books