Book Chronicles a 'Strange and Dangerous Life'
Robert Siegel talks with Tom Reiss, author of The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life. Reiss' book details the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew from Baku, Azerbaijan, who passed himself off as a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany.
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The Orientalist
Solving The Mystery Of A Strange And Dangerous Life
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