Each year, when the weather in Istanbul becomes unbearable, the family of Iskender Pasha, a retired Ottoman notable, retires to its summer palace overlooking the Sea of Marmara. It is 1899 and the last great Islamic empire is in serious trouble. A former tutor poses a question which the family has been refusing to confront for almost a century: ‘Your Ottoman Empire is like a drunken prostitute, ne...
Series: The Islam Quintet
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Verso (November 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859843646
ISBN-13: 978-1859843642
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 2345422
Format: PDF ePub TXT book
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