The Young Alexandrians

Ricky (A. C. ) Metaxas was born in Cairo and attendedsecondary school in Alexandria's AverofeioGymnasium. He is an engineering graduate ofLondon University, completing his doctorate atImperial College, and holds a Life Fellowship at StJohn's College, Cambridge. A lifetime in researchand academe has resulted in two named awards, alifetime achievement award, membership of Bologna'sScientific Academy, two technical books on energyutilisation, the foundation of a European associationand numerous peer-reviewed publications in his fieldof study. The author became aware of the plightof the Palestinians as an adolescent in Alexandriaduring the years following the Suez War. It is a subjectthat has preoccupied him for over half a centuryculminating in this novel.