Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance by Giles Milton

Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance

Giles Milton

426 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
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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 mi...

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