Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul - Brossura

King, Charles

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ISBN 10: 0393351866 ISBN 13: 9780393351866

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2015

Riassunto

"When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager posted a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian âemigrâes sold family heirlooms, an African American impresario founded a jazz club, Miss Turkey became the first Muslim beauty queen, and a Boston professor unveiled the lost treasures of the Hagia Sophia. Turkey's president Kemal Atatèurk, Muslim feminist Halide Edip, the exiled Leon Trotsky, and the future Pope John XXIII fought for new visions of human freedom. During World War II, German intellectuals ran from the Nazis while Jewish activists spirited refugees out of occupied Europe. In this pioneering 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; 'Intrigue, violence, sex, and espionage, all set against the slow dimming of Ottoman magnificence. I loved this book'--Simon Winchester"--Provided by publisher.

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Recensione:

"Timely...brilliant...hugely enjoyable, magnificently researched and deeply absorbing." --The New York Times Book Review

"The excellent and timely Midnight at the Pera Palace...[offers] a fascinating take on the period and the characters that passed through the city..." --Cornucopia

"A superb portrait of interwar Istanbul...It succeeds brilliantly in portraying the eclipsed city in the Twenties and Thirties, when bars, jazz clubs and brothels all proliferated." --Sunday Telegraph

L'autore:

Charles King is a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University. A frequent media commentator on global issues, he is the author of Odessa, Midnight in the Pera Palace, and other books. He lives in Washington, DC.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393351866
• ISBN 13: 9780393351866
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 476