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    <body><![CDATA[Novel ini berkisah tentang keluarga bangsawan, pada masa peralihan pemerintahan Turki, dari monarki ke republik. Kebiasaan keluarga ini berbicara pada perempuan batu (patung batu yang berbentuk seperti perempuan) menjadi penyambung kisah dalam novel ini. <br/>tutur kisah para tokoh-tokoh novel ini ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4682742">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned a lot about Istambul and what happened to the Ottoman empire. It made me wish to learn more.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was the second book of Tariq Ali's quintet. I was wrong, The second book should be &quot;Book of Saladin&quot;, the book keeper gave me a wrong information, huhuhu. <br/><br/>The Stone Woman tells about the habit of all women in a family (including the female maids) that always...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7057911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a Fiction books with background life of Turki, a nice one coz gimme new horizon of utsmaniyah kingdom.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great, but does not have the epic feel of the first two of the series.]]></body>
    
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