Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Seraglio Seraglio Janet Wallach Based on the true story of Empress Josephine's cousin, "Seraglio" is a novel of a girl, kidnapped at age 13, who rose through the ranks of the Turkish Sultan's harem to become the most powerful woman… OL1896284W
Blood tie Blood tie Mary Lee Settle Reprint; first printing 1977. OL1908637W
Sanctus Sanctus Simon Toyne When a man performs a dangerous, symbolic act on the mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state that towers above the city of Ruin in contemporary Turkey, a deadly chain of events is se… OL19949427W
Long road to Baghdad Long road to Baghdad Catrin Collier Mesopotamia, 1914: in the Middle East tension is escalating between the British and the Arabs. Misfit Lieutenant Harry Downe is sent to negotiate a treaty with a renegade Bedouin Sheikh, Ibn Shalan, … OL20984122W
Motherland Hotel Motherland Hotel Yusuf Atilgan,Fred Stark 150 pages ; 21 cm OL21128584W
Burning Orchards Burning Orchards Gurgen Mahari I have read some of this book , according to a friend who translated it to English , the details in this book are true and accurate , . OL2245311W
The Genesis secret The Genesis secret Tom Knox Scotland Yard Detective Forrester is investigating a series of ritual murders throughout Britain and discovers, with the help of reporter Rob Luttrell, a possible connection to an archaeological site… OL24149237W
The boat The boat Clara Salaman A young couple on the trip of a lifetime become trapped in a nightmare when they board a stranger's boat. Johnny and his new bride Clem have arrived in Turkey for a year's honeymoon. Young and blissf… OL24251493W
The light of day The light of day Eric Ambler Arthur Simpson is a petty thief who is discovered stealing from a hotel room. His victim, however, turns out to be a criminal in a league well above his own and Simpson is blackmailed into smuggling … OL3297232W
The Fall of Troy The Fall of Troy Peter Ackroyd Heinrich Obermann, a celebrated German archaeologist, has uncovered the ancient ruins of Troy on a Turkish hillside. He fervently believes that his discovery will prove that the heroes of the Iliad, … OL47988W
Dawn of empire Dawn of empire Sam Barone The leader of a band of marauding barbarians, Thutmose-sin is a warrior gifted by the gods with extraordinary perception and cunning. To survive, he and his people plunder and pillage, killing and en… OL5853557W
Three apples fell from heaven Three apples fell from heaven Micheline Aharonian Marcom Here is a novel of import and style, set in 1915-1917, the years of the Ottoman Turkish government’s brutal campaign that resulted in the deaths of more than a million Armenians. Through a series of … OL6035487W
Black Amber Black Amber Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** In an ancient land of Mosques and Minarets, the secret behind her sister's death is hidden. When Anabel Radburn placed a desperate overseas phonecall to her sister Tracy saying… OL60513W