(P/B) PARADISE LOST

Παρουσίαση

On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions.
PARADISE LOST is told with the narrative verve that has made Giles Milton a bestselling historian. It unfolds through the memories of the survivors, many of them interviewed for the first time, and the eyewitness accounts of those who found themselves caught up in one of the greatest catastrophes of the modern age. (From the publisher)

«Milton has gone where biographers of Ataturk and historians of Turkey, who often want Turkish official support, have feared to tread ... It is a much needed corrective to official history» (SPECTATOR)
«Compelling... PARADISE LOST proves a timely examination of a defining moment in the history of ethnic and religious conflict» (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
«[PARADISE LOST is] Giles Milton's brilliant re-creation of the last days of Smyrna» (SUNDAY TIMES)
«Engrossing... Milton's book celebrates the heroism of individuals who put lives before ideologies» (INDEPENDENT)
«PARADISE LOST is a timely reminder of the appalling cost of expansionist political ambitions; it tells a fascinating story with clarity and insight» (ECONOMIST)
«PARADISE LOST is essential reading for anyone who cares about the past -and present- of today's Europe, indeed of civilisation itself» (LITERARY REVIEW)
«A vivid and moving account» (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD)

Περιεχόμενα

List of Characters
Acknowledgements
Map of Turkey and Greece: 1922
Map of Smyrna: 1922
Map of the Greek Military Advance
A Note on Sources
PART ONE: PARADISE
Wheel of Fortune
The Great Idea
Enemy Aliens
Rahmi's Double Game
Saving the Enemy
PART TWO: SERPENTS IN PARADISE
Peace and War
Blood on the Quayside
Ex Oriente Lux
The Shattered Vase
Into the Desert
PART THREE: PARADISE LOST
Wednesday, 6 September 1922
Thursday, 7 September 1922
Friday, 8 September 1922
Saturday, 9 September 1922
Sunday, 10 September 1922
Monday, 11 September 1922
Tuesday, 12 September 1922
Wednesday, 13 September 1922
Thursday, 14 September 1922
Friday, 15 September - Monday, 18 September 1922
Tuesday, 19 September - Saturday, 30 September 1922
Aftermath
Notes and Sources
Picture Acknowledgements
Index