Blogs in May 2020

Without a Country 9th May 2020

From the international bestselling author of Last Train to Istanbul comes a novel based on true events that explores the depths of pride, devotion, and persistence as four generations of a family struggle to forge their destinies. As Hitler’s...

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Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul 28th July 2016

A sweeping story of the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the wake of the First World War. Focusing on the experiences of one particular family living in one particular house during these historic events, Ayşe Kulin mixes...

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Last Train to Istanbul 20th February 2016

As the daughter of one of Turkey’s last Ottoman pashas, Selva could win the heart of any man in Ankara. Yet the spirited young beauty only has eyes for Rafael Alfandari, the handsome Jewish son of an esteemed court...

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