Author: SUMAN, DEFNE
Title: The Silence of Scheherazade
Description: London: Head of Zeus, 2021. Hardcover. ISBN: 1800246951. B&W Maps; 5.75 X 1.7 X 9 inches; x, 502 pages; Hard cover is blue with gold lettering on the spine. DJ. NEW. September 1905. 'At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the ancient city of Smyrna, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother. At the very same moment, an Indian spy sails into the golden-hued, sycamore-scented city with a secret mission from the British Empire. When he leaves, 17 years later, it will be to the smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames. Told through the intertwining fates of a Levantine, a Greek, a Turkish and an Armenian family, this unforgettable novel reveals a city, and a culture, now lost to time...' Glossary.. New in New dust jacket .

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