Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance
Author(s): Giles Milton
On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions. PARADISE LOST is told with the narrative verve that has made Giles Milton a bestselling historian. It unfolds through the memories of the survivors, many of them interviewed for the first time, and the eyewitness accounts of those who found themselves caught up in one of the greatest catastrophes of the modern age.
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Giles Milton is a writer and journalist. He has contributed articles to most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications. He is the author of five previous works of non-fiction and one novel. His books have been translated into sixteen languages worldwide. He travelled widely during the course of his research for Paradise Lost, notably to Turkey and Greece.
General Fields
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- : Hodder & Stoughton
- : Sceptre
- : 0.35
- : 01 May 2009
- : 201mm X 140mm X 32mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Giles Milton
- : Paperback
- : 448
- : Illustrations, maps