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I found this book about modern Istanbul very interesting, but some sections were hard for me to take in. The book was rather more wide-ranging than I'd expected from the title. I was hoping for a history of the Pera Palace Hotel and the people who met there over the years, but, instead, this is a more general account and the hotel occupies a relatively small space.
There is plenty of fascinating material, ranging from accounts of the White Russians in Istanbul after the revolution to the controve ...more
There is plenty of fascinating material, ranging from accounts of the White Russians in Istanbul after the revolution to the controve ...more


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