An edition of Midnight at the Pera Palace
(2014)
Midnight at the Pera Palace
the birth of modern Istanbul
First edition.
by Charles King
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"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"--
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Social life and customs, Cosmopolitanism, Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey), City and town life, Social conditions, Social change, History, Istanbul (turkey), history, Istanbul (turkey), social conditions, Turkey, history, 1918-1960, Turkey, social life and customs, New York Times reviewedPlaces
Turkey, Istanbul (Turkey), IstanbulTimes
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Midnight at the Pera Palace: the birth of modern Istanbul
2014
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- First edition.
0393089142 9780393089141
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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.
Edition Notes
Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.
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