Paradise lost: Smyrna 1922 - the destruction of Islam's city of tolerance
by Milton, Giles.
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BookPublisher: Sceptre 2008ISBN: 9780340837863; 0340837861.Classification number: 949.5072 MILSubject(s): Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922 | Izmir (Turkey) -- HistorySubject: On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the 20th century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions. This book tells the story.
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| 949.3222 PYE Antwerp : the glory years / | 949.502 ANG Byzantium: the bridge from antiquity to the Middle Ages | 949.5072 Twice a stranger : how mass expulsion forged modern Greece and Turkey / | 949.5072 MIL Paradise lost: Smyrna 1922 - the destruction of Islam's city of tolerance | 949.512 CLA Athens : a history / | 949.618 CHR To the city : life and death along the ancient walls of Istanbul / | 949.618 HUG Istanbul : a biography of a city / |
Includes bibliographical references and index
On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the 20th century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions. This book tells the story.
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