City of the Sun (Maio novel)

City of the Sun

First edition book cover
Author	Juliana Maio
Language	English
Subject	World War II
Genre	Historical fiction spy fiction romance
Set in	Cairo, Egypt
Publisher	Greenleaf Book Group
Publication date	March 2014
Media type	Print digital
ISBN	978-1626340671

City of the Sun is a novel by Juliana Maio,^[1] published by Greenleaf Book Group^[2] in March 2014. The novel, which blends historical fiction^[3] with spy fiction and romantic fiction, is set in Cairo, Egypt in 1941 during the North Africa Campaign of World War II.^[4] Though a work of fiction, it centers around true historical events and "connects the root of much of today's turmoil in the Middle East with the Axis-Allied struggle for control of the Suez Canal and the early history of the Muslim Brotherhood."^[5]

The author was born to a Jewish family in Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo. Her family was expelled in 1956 during the Suez Crisis, when she was three years old.^[6] Maio grew up and was educated in Paris, France^[7] before her family emigrated to the United States.^[8]

References

1. Elgrably, Jordan (4 November 1996). "A Celebration of the Jews the World Forgot". LA Times.
2. Silverman, Mary (6 August 2014). "Summer Read: "City of the Sun"". Desert Magazine. Gannett. The Desert Sun. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. Brummett, Chad (29 October 2014). "Author Juliana Maio releases new book". KQRE News 13. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
4. "'City of the Sun' Reveals True Middle East: Juliana Maio Speaks". huffpost.com. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
5. "Fiction Book Review". Publishers Weekly.
6. Maio, Juliana (6 December 2014). "Five Reasons Why Everybody Should Write a Book". Huffington Post.
7. Brawarsky, Sandee. "The Romance Of Cairo: Juliana Maio's 'City of the Sun'". The Jewish Week.
8. Evans, Mark (4 June 2014). "A Great Passion, A Great Story". Historical Novel Society.

External links

• Juliana Maio on L'Chayim on YouTube