Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
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Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul (2015)
EN PB US FEISBN: 9780393351866 bzw. 0393351866, in Englisch, 480 Seiten, W. W. Norton & Company, Taschenbuch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
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“Timely . . . brilliant . . . hugely enjoyable, magnificently researched and deeply absorbing.”―Jason Goodwin, New York Times Book Review At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul―an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city―people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian nobles ousted by the Russian Revolution, Bolshevik assassins on the trail of the exiled Leon Trotsky, German professors, British diplomats, and American entrepreneurs―a multicultural panoply of performers and poets, do-gooders and ne’er-do-wells. During the Second World War, thousands of Jews fleeing occupied Europe found passage through Istanbul, some with the help of the future Pope John XXIII. At the Pera Palace, Istanbul's most luxurious hotel, so many spies mingled in the lobby that the manager posted a sign asking them to relinquish their seats to paying guests.In beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism. 32 photographs, Paperback, Ausgabe: 1, Label: W. W. Norton & Company, W. W. Norton & Company, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2015-11-02, Studio: W. W. Norton & Company, Verkaufsrang: 25907.
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“Timely . . . brilliant . . . hugely enjoyable, magnificently researched and deeply absorbing.”―Jason Goodwin, New York Times Book Review At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul―an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city―people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian nobles ousted by the Russian Revolution, Bolshevik assassins on the trail of the exiled Leon Trotsky, German professors, British diplomats, and American entrepreneurs―a multicultural panoply of performers and poets, do-gooders and ne’er-do-wells. During the Second World War, thousands of Jews fleeing occupied Europe found passage through Istanbul, some with the help of the future Pope John XXIII. At the Pera Palace, Istanbul's most luxurious hotel, so many spies mingled in the lobby that the manager posted a sign asking them to relinquish their seats to paying guests.In beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism. 32 photographs, Paperback, Ausgabe: 1, Label: W. W. Norton & Company, W. W. Norton & Company, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2015-11-02, Studio: W. W. Norton & Company, Verkaufsrang: 25907.
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
EN NWISBN: 9780393351866 bzw. 0393351866, in Englisch, W. W. Norton, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, neu.
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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 put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-create an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads - a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge. At midnight, 31 December 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. In MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE, Charles King's beguiling prose and rich character portraits bring to life a remarkable era when Istanbul stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-create an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads - a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge. At midnight, 31 December 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. In MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE, Charles King's beguiling prose and rich character portraits bring to life a remarkable era when Istanbul stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
EN NWISBN: 9780393351866 bzw. 0393351866, in Englisch, W. W. Norton, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, neu.
Lieferung aus: Schweiz, zzgl. Versandkosten, Neuerscheinung.
When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-create an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads - a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge. At midnight, 31 December 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. In MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE, Charles King's beguiling prose and rich character portraits bring to life a remarkable era when Istanbul stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-create an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads - a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge. At midnight, 31 December 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. In MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE, Charles King's beguiling prose and rich character portraits bring to life a remarkable era when Istanbul stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
EN NWISBN: 9780393351866 bzw. 0393351866, in Englisch, Norton & Company, neu.
At midnight, 31 December 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. In MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE, Charles King´s beguiling prose and rich character portraits bring to life a remarkable era when Istanbul stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
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