It is 1895, Ourfa, a thriving, cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. Khatoun Khouri, a girl of thirteen, meets her future husband, Iskender Agha Boghos. Twice her age, a poet, philosopher and dreamer, he adores her but cannot express it in words. Around them, the Ottoman Empire is crumbling, the
The Seamstress of Ourfa
β Scribed by Butler-Sloss, Victoria Harwood
- Book ID
- 100551406
- Publisher
- Armida Publications
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9963255612
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