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The Silence of Scheherazade

Defne Suman

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Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four...

Historical fiction Turkish Literary fiction War Cultural Colonialisation

Turkey: A Modern History

Erik J. Zurcher

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This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation...

ClareR (5561 KP) rated The Silence of Scheherazade in Books

Nov 29, 2022

The Silence of Scheherazade

Defne Suman | 2021 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

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What’s it about:
We follow four families as their lives are changed forever when the Ottoman Empire is torn apart, and the city of Smyrna is at the front and centre of the trouble and violence.
This novel covers about 17 years from 1905, and follows four families from very different backgrounds: Levantine, Greek, Turkish and Armenian.

Scheherazade is born in September 1905, and never knows her mother as she is abandoned. An Indian spy (sent from the British) is who will tie them all together.

My thoughts:
I love an epic, sprawling story, and following the lives of four families certainly gives a lot of scope for that.

It was fascinating to learn about the different cultures of the four families, and of course Smyrna was a main character in itself.

It’s a book to be immersed in, with the sights and smells beautifully described.

Just my kind of book!

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The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence

Muhammad Suwaed and Ephraim Kahana

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The A to Z of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient...

The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami and Ted Goossen

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Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is...

BookwormMama14 (18 KP) rated Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) in Books

Jan 2, 2019

As the world plunges into The Great War, the Leviathan travels to the Ottoman Empire in hopes of keeping the peace with the Emperor. Follow Deryn and Alek as they travel around the world. These books abound with secret missions, new beasts and machines, hidden lies and truths that are (FINALLY) revealed and many historical figures encountered. As you may have guessed, I have a problem with binge reading. When I find a series that I am IN LOVE with, I won't stop until I am finished! However, most of the time I need to wait six months to a year before the next installment. Thankfully that was not the case with Mr. Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan Trilogy. My favorite beastie by far is the perspicacious loris. I want one!!! It was so much fun reading this alternate history of WWI. Learning a few interesting details about the war that did in fact happen along the way. Although Mr. Westerfeld has made some definite changes to history in this book, it was very entertaining and engrossing. I love the whole idea behind this series.