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Midnight at the Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul / Charles King.

Publication | Library Call Number: DR731 .K56 2014

"In this ... portrait of urban reinvention, Charles King re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads--a forgotten moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge"--Provided by publisher.

Book cover
Variant Title
Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul
Format
Book
Author/Creator
King, Charles, 1967- author.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2014
Locale
Istanbul (Turkey)
Turkey
Istanbul
Language
English
Edition
First edition

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Physical Description
xiv, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents
Grand hotel
The gray fleet
Occupation
Resistance
Moscow on the Bosphorus
Konstantinoupolis
"The post-war world was jazzing"
"The past is a wound in my heart"
Modern times
Beyond the veil
Living like a squirrel
Island life
Queen
Holy wisdom
Shadow wars
Paper trails
At the Gate of Felicity.
ISBN
9780393089141
0393089142 (hbk.)
Notes
Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.
Grand hotel -- The gray fleet -- Occupation -- Resistance -- Moscow on the Bosphorus -- Konstantinoupolis -- "The post-war world was jazzing" -- "The past is a wound in my heart" -- Modern times -- Beyond the veil -- Living like a squirrel -- Island life -- Queen -- Holy wisdom -- Shadow wars -- Paper trails -- At the Gate of Felicity.
Text in English.

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