Midnight at the Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.
Description
"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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"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, Russiaň migřs 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 Ataturk, 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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Text in English.
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LC Subjects
City and town life -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Cosmopolitanism -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Cosmopolitanism -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.