Paradise Lost
Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance
Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
ISBN-13:
9780340837870
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.05.2009
Seiten:
426
Autor:
Giles Milton
Gewicht:
339 g
Format:
198x130x35 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions.
PARADISE LOST is told with the narrative verve that has made Giles Milton a bestselling historian. It unfolds through the memories of the survivors, many of them interviewed for the first time, and the eyewitness accounts of those who found themselves caught up in one of the greatest catastrophes of the modern age.
A powerful tale of destruction, heroism and survival by the bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG.
Smyrna 1922, die reichste und cosmopolitischte Stadt des osmanischen Reiches wurde durch die türkische Kavallerie zerstört.