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Harem: The World Behind the Veil
Alev Lytle Croutier
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Description for Harem: The World Behind the Veil
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 879.
A fascinating illustrated history of one of the strangest, and cruelest, cultural institutions ever devised. A worldwide best seller, translated into twenty-five languages. “I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha,” writes Alev Lytle Croutier. “People around me often whispered things about harems; my own grandmother and her sister had been brought up in one.” Drawing on a host of firsthand accounts and memoirs, as well as her own family history, Croutier explores life in the world’s harems, from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth ... Read more
A fascinating illustrated history of one of the strangest, and cruelest, cultural institutions ever devised. A worldwide best seller, translated into twenty-five languages. “I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha,” writes Alev Lytle Croutier. “People around me often whispered things about harems; my own grandmother and her sister had been brought up in one.” Drawing on a host of firsthand accounts and memoirs, as well as her own family history, Croutier explores life in the world’s harems, from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Weight
879g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780789212061
SKU
V9780789212061
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Ref
99-1
About Alev Lytle Croutier
Alev Lytle Croutier is the author of Taking the Waters (Abbeville), a history of spas, and three critically acclaimed novels, The Palace of Tears, Seven Houses, and Leyla: The Black Tulip. Born in Turkey, Croutier studied at Oberlin College and founded the publishing company Mercury House.
Reviews for Harem: The World Behind the Veil
Praise for Harem: The World Behind the Veil: "This is a serious history, yet an immensely readable one
informative, gossipy, and grand fun."
New York Times Book Review "This beautiful book...stimulates the mind as well as the eye."
Chicago Sun-Times "A book of breathtaking beauty, lavishly illustrated with color plates and written in an ingratiating prose."
Washington Post "An alluring ... Read more
informative, gossipy, and grand fun."
New York Times Book Review "This beautiful book...stimulates the mind as well as the eye."
Chicago Sun-Times "A book of breathtaking beauty, lavishly illustrated with color plates and written in an ingratiating prose."
Washington Post "An alluring ... Read more