Midnight at the Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul /
"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
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
2014
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2014 |
| Edition: | First edition |
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Table of 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
- Maps
- Author's note
- Prologue
- 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
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Chronology