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First Published:
Aug 2004, 576 pages
Paperback:
Jun 2005, 576 pages
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This article relates to Birds Without Wings
Background: The Ottoman Empire ruled large tracts
of central Europe for about 450 years, until it was defeated by the Turkish
nationalists in 1918. The Turks were led by Mustafa Kemal, whose
story forms just one of the many threads in this tapestry of a book.
Although I obviously cannot endorse either, I found these sites provided useful
background reading about the Ottoman Empire and Mustafa Kemal.
Infoplease.com
Ataturk.com
The excerpt, chosen by the publisher, is from
Chapter 27. It's well chosen because it reads much like a short story
in its own right; and doesn't give away any key plot details that would
spoil your enjoyment of the book before this point.
This article relates to Birds Without Wings.
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