false 192954 11 "'Take my camel, dear,' said my aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass. So begins <i>The Towers of Trebizond</i>, the greatest novel by Rose Macaulay, one of the eccentric geniuses of English literature. In this fine and funny adventure set in the backlands of modern Turkey, a group of highly unusual travel companions makes its way from Istanbul to legendary Trebizond, encountering potion-dealing sorcerers, recalcitrant policemen, and Billy Graham on tour with a busload of Southern evangelists. But though the dominant note of the novel is humorous, its pages are shadowed by heartbreak as the narrator confronts the specters of ancient empires, religious turmoil, and painful memories of lost love. 335078 1956 The Towers of Trebizond total:93|5:24|4:38|3:19|2:8|1:4| 93 349 191 29 4 0 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 31 17:22:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 17:22:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 03 13:04:41 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:31:39 -0700 2009
In a book quirky, comic, and tragic, a woman travels through Turkey (by camel and jeep) with her adventurous zealous Aunt Dot who, enabled by the Anglican Missions society, has a vi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:39:45 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 12:45:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:11:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 17:06:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:35:52 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:41:58 -0800 2009
This book has one of the best opening lines I've read, the antithesis of a Lytton-Bulwer.

Its also a novel in the skeptical-Christian tradition. Macaulay (of...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 31 19:03:35 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 20:45:02 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 19:03:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 08:26:10 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 08:27:45 -0700 2009 Under the Tuscan Sun or Riding the Iron Rooster. It is not a travel narrative with breathless or sardonic descriptions of a land and its people. It is, instead, a personal meditation on religion and love loosely based on a period of time that Rose Macaulay spent in Turkey.

She...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 05:57:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 06:07:07 -0700 2009 After reading reviews by folks who gave 5 stars and nearly gushed with enthusiasm ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 12:45:37 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 11:09:29 -0700 2007 I love the opening l...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 24 15:20:30 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 15:24:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 14:59:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 19:16:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 12:26:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 12:37:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 06:10:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 06:11:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 23 19:27:53 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 19:40:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 18:17:10 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 18:17:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 20 23:30:13 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 23:33:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun May 27 09:43:56 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 09:49:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:46:24 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:48:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 08:31:39 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 08:33:59 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 23:35:36 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 22:45:02 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=192954