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Turkish delights | 30 November 2017

Patricia Daunt has produced a stunning record of Ottoman grandeur before it’s bulldozed for new development

  • The Palace Lady’s Summerhouse and Other Inside Stories from a Vanishing Turkey

    Patricia Daunt

    Cornucopia Books, pp. 304

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