Memoirs of Halide Edib (Classic Reprint): With a Frontispiece in Color by Alexandre Pankoff and Many Illustrations From Photographs - Couverture souple
Synopsis
A vivid, intimate memoir of Halide Edib’s childhood in late Ottoman Istanbul, where family life, gardens, and changing times shape a young observer.
The book blends personal memory with the broader currents of a nation in transition, offering a rare glimpse into a world of loyalties, love, and civic change.
- Experience a child’s-eye view of a grand Istanbul home, its rooms, courtyards, and the people who kept its world running.
- Meet the intimate circle around a girl and how affection, discipline, and danger color daily life.
- See how history unfolds through personal memory, including the rise of reforms that would redefine a nation.
- Feel the tone of a family saga set against the backdrop of a shifting empire and its courts.
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