Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Victorious Allies in Constantinople! Part One Nur The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Boy The Prisoner The Traveller Nur The Boy Nur George Nur The Prisoner George Nur The Prisoner The Boy Nur George The Boy The Prisoner The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Boy Nur Part Two The Prisoner Nur George The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Prisoner Nur George Nur The Prisoner Nur Nur The Prisoner The Traveller Nur George Nur George Nur The Prisoner George Nur George The Traveller Nur George Snow The Boy The Prisoner Nur The Traveller Nur Spring Nur George The Prisoner Nur George The Boy Nur Acts of Destabilisation George The Prisoner George The Prisoner George Nur George Nur Nur Together George Then Nur George The Prisoner The Traveller Nur The Traveller A Note on Names Acknowledgements Discover More from Lucy Foley About the Author Also by Lucy Foley About the Publisher
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Dedication Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Victorious Allies in Constantinople! Part One Nur The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Boy The Prisoner The Traveller Nur The Boy Nur George Nur The Prisoner George Nur The Prisoner The Boy Nur George The Boy The Prisoner The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Boy Nur Part Two The Prisoner Nur George The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Prisoner Nur George Nur The Prisoner Nur Nur The Prisoner The Traveller Nur George Nur George Nur The Prisoner George Nur George The Traveller Nur George Snow The Boy The Prisoner Nur The Traveller Nur Spring Nur George The Prisoner Nur George The Boy Nur Acts of Destabilisation George The Prisoner George The Prisoner George Nur George Nur Nur Together George Then Nur George The Prisoner The Traveller Nur The Traveller A Note on Names Acknowledgements Discover More from Lucy Foley About the Author Also by Lucy Foley About the Publisher
To Al, always my first reader.
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Victorious Allies in Constantinople!
Part One
Nur
The Traveller
The Boy
Nur
George
The Boy
The Prisoner
The Traveller
Nur
The Boy
Nur
George
Nur
The Prisoner
George
Nur
The Prisoner
The Boy
Nur
George
The Boy
The Prisoner
The Traveller
The Boy
Nur
George
The Boy
Nur
Part Two
The Prisoner
Nur
George
The Traveller
The Boy
Nur
George
The Prisoner
Nur
George
Nur
The Prisoner
Nur
Nur
The Prisoner
The Traveller
Nur
George
Nur
George
Nur
The Prisoner
George
Nur
George
The Traveller
Nur
George
Snow
The Boy
The Prisoner
Nur
The Traveller
Nur
Spring
Nur
George
The Prisoner
Nur
George
The Boy
Nur
Acts of Destabilisation
George
The Prisoner
George
The Prisoner
George
Nur
George
Nur
Nur
Together
George
Then
Nur
George
The Prisoner
The Traveller
Nur
The Traveller
A Note on Names
Acknowledgements
Discover More from Lucy Foley
About the Author
Also by Lucy Foley
About the Publisher
VICTORIOUS ALLIES IN CONSTANTINOPLE! Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Victorious Allies in Constantinople! Part One Nur The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Boy The Prisoner The Traveller Nur The Boy Nur George Nur The Prisoner George Nur The Prisoner The Boy Nur George The Boy The Prisoner The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Boy Nur Part Two The Prisoner Nur George The Traveller The Boy Nur George The Prisoner Nur George Nur The Prisoner Nur Nur The Prisoner The Traveller Nur George Nur George Nur The Prisoner George Nur George The Traveller Nur George Snow The Boy The Prisoner Nur The Traveller Nur Spring Nur George The Prisoner Nur George The Boy Nur Acts of Destabilisation George The Prisoner George The Prisoner George Nur George Nur Nur Together George Then Nur George The Prisoner The Traveller Nur The Traveller A Note on Names Acknowledgements Discover More from Lucy Foley About the Author Also by Lucy Foley About the Publisher
Today, November 13, 1918, the Occupation of Constantinople began. The vanquished Ottoman Empire, which ill-advisedly threw its lot in with the German campaign, must now yield to a victorious Allied force.
British ships entered the famed Golden Horn, having travelled through the Dardanelles on Tuesday – passing right by the fateful beaches of the infamous battle of Gallipoli three years ago. A disaster for Allied forces, perhaps, but also for the then victorious Ottoman army. It was upon these same beaches that it spent the flower of its youth, a loss from which it would never recover.
Reaching the famous Golden Horn, forces numbering nearly 3,000 British, some 500 French, and 500 Italian soldiers landed immediately and occupied military barracks, hotels, houses, Italian and French schools, and hospitals. There these men will remain until the Allied administrative machine can be set up and the requisitioning of private homes begins, and order can be restored to this war-beleaguered city. These men will not return to their families like the vast majority of their soldierly compatriots. Instead they will remain thousands of miles from home in execution of this noble endeavour.
THE ENEMY ENTERS STAMBOUL
Today, November 13, 1918, enemy ships arrived in our great city, flower of our Empire. This move by the so-called Allies is in express contradiction to promises that they would not seek an occupation of Ottoman lands. Fortunately the Ottoman people have long ago learned to doubt the word of our Western European counterparts.
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