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A Time of Gifts

2011-09-14 Travel
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Release : 2011-09-14
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 174/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Time of Gifts by : Patrick Leigh Fermor

Download or read book A Time of Gifts written by Patrick Leigh Fermor. This book was released on 2011-09-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor’s book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed—through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.

The Constantinople Trilogy

2016-04 Fiction
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Release : 2016-04
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 872/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Constantinople Trilogy by : Haig Tahta

Download or read book The Constantinople Trilogy written by Haig Tahta. This book was released on 2016-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Constantinople Trilogy, Tahta examines the momentous epoch, from 1915 through 1923, with insight and compassion. Intellectually challenging and sometimes provocative, Tahta has written an inspired literary account of a critical time too often ignored but essential in understanding the roots of contemporary European hostilities. Compellingly told through stories of personal lives, this is historical fiction at its best - humane and deeply moving. BOOK ONE of Haig Tahta's Constantinople Trilogy, April 1915, is focused around the brutal expulsion of the Armenian community from Anatolia seen from the perspective of four families. BOOK TWO. The British Occupation - chronicles the impending fall of the Ottomans, exploring the circumstances and atmosphere of the City during the British control, culminating in the defeat of the Greek army and the dramatic burning of Smyrna. BOOK THREE, End of Empire - the starting point of this final part of the trilogy is the day after the catastrophic fire that destroyed Smyrna. It follows the same characters and the fate of those forced to flee their ancestral homes, culminating in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and the end of the once great Imperial City.

Constantinople 1920

2007-10-01 Fiction
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Release : 2007-10-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 582/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Constantinople 1920 by : Haig Tahta

Download or read book Constantinople 1920 written by Haig Tahta. This book was released on 2007-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantinople 1920, the second book in Haig Tahta's projected trilogy, chronicles the impending fall of the Ottomans and explores the circumstances and atmosphere of Constantinople during the British occupation of the city from 1920 to 1922. It carries forward the same characters from Mr. Tahta's first novel, April 1915, set in the Ottoman Empire at a critical moment following its fateful decision to join the Great War in November 1914. Olga, an Armenian girl, and Selim, a Turk, are impossibly in love. Their relationship, much more difficult and problematic than Romeo and Juliet, develops and unfolds during the Greco-Turkish War, reaching its shocking climax in the burning of Smyrna. An historical novel of deep insight and high passions, Constantinople 1920 brings to focus a time which echoed throughout the world and set in train events that would engulf Europe in flames a few decades later. Written with a rare sense of humanity and peopled with a plethora of characters, bold, sensitive, articulate and always fascinating, Constantinople 1920 is that rare novel of ideas and drama that appeals to both the heart and the intellect.

Constantinople - End of Empire

2009-06 Fiction
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Release : 2009-06
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 663/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Constantinople - End of Empire by : Haig Tahta

Download or read book Constantinople - End of Empire written by Haig Tahta. This book was released on 2009-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantinople - End of Empire is the third and final book in Haig Tahta's marvellous trilogy set in and around the city from April 1915 to the end of 1923. It carries forward the characters from the first novel, April 1915, which explored the fateful consequences of the entry by the Ottomans into the Great War, and continued through the second book, Constantinople 1920, revolving round the Greco-Turkish War and reaching its climax in the horrific burning of Smyrna. The starting point of this final part of the trilogy is the day after that catastrophic fire. It follows the same characters and the fate of those forced to flee their ancestral homes, culminating in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and the end of the once great Imperial City.

The Terror of Constantinople (Death of Rome Saga Book Two)

2010-01-21 Fiction
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Release : 2010-01-21
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Terror of Constantinople (Death of Rome Saga Book Two) by : Richard Blake

Download or read book The Terror of Constantinople (Death of Rome Saga Book Two) written by Richard Blake. This book was released on 2010-01-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you loved Gladiator and Spartacus, you'll love the second book in the DEATH OF ROME SAGA. 610 AD. Invaded by Persians and barbarians, the Byzantine Empire is tearing itself apart in civil war. Phocas, the maniacally bloodthirsty Emperor, holds Constantinople by a reign of terror. The uninvaded provinces are turning one at a time to the usurper, Heraclius. Just as the battle for the Empire approaches its climax, Aelric of England turns up in Constantinople. Blackmailed by the Papacy to leave off his career of lechery and market-rigging in Rome, he thinks his job is to gather texts for a semi-comprehensible dispute over the Nature of Christ. Only gradually does he realise he is a pawn in a much larger game.

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