Midnight at the Pera Palace
Subtitle: the birth of modern Istanbul
By: Charles King
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780393089141
Subjects: Social life and customs; Cosmopolitanism; Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey); City and town life; Social conditions; Social change; History
Other titles: Pera Palace :
Description: "In this ... portrait of urban reinvention, Charles King re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads--a forgotten moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge"--
Notes: Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.
Table of contents: title: Grand hotel; title: The gray fleet; title: Occupation; title: Resistance; title: Moscow on the Bosphorus; title: Konstantinoupolis; title: "The post-war world was jazzing"; title: "The past is a wound in my heart"; title: Modern times; title: Beyond the veil; title: Living like a squirrel; title: Island life; title: Queen; title: Holy wisdom; title: Shadow wars; title: Paper trails; title: At the Gate of Felicity.