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Reiss (The Black Count) has an undeniable talent for writing engrossing biographies that capture a time and place as much as they do a person. Here he paints a fascinating picture of the elusive author Lev Nussimbaum, a Russian Jew born in Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), who reinvented himself as a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author and famed Orientalist under the pseudonyms Kurban Said and Essad Bey. On a whirlwind journey from Azerbaijan to New York and Germany, Reiss uncov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More