Yelda Türedi
Author
Series
Ottoman quartet volume 1
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A sensual epic of a changing society set during the fall of one of history's greatest empires. Altan's "Ottoman Quartet" spans the fifty years between the final decades of the 19th century and the post-WWI rise of Atatürk as both unchallenged leader and visionary reformer of the new Turkey. The four books in the quartet tell the gripping stories of an unforgettable cast of characters, among them: an Ottoman army officer, the Sultan's personal doctor,...
Author
Series
Ottoman quartet volume 2
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The second installment in the Ottoman Quartet--the masterful saga of Turkish history by Ahmet Altan--follows the vast and vivid cast of characters introduced in the first volume of the series, Like A Sword Wound. The novel opens with the attempted suicide of Hikmet Bey, the son of the sultan's personal physician. The reason for his extreme gesture was to forget the extremely beautiful and proud Mehpare Hanım, his wife and the cause of all his suffering....
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