From Istanbul’s palatial old embassies to its glorious Bosphorus summerhouses, from Ottoman Paris to Ankara’s Art Deco, from rainforest mansions to a mad mosque in the mountains… a diplomat’s wife reveals their secret histories. This book brings together essays by Patricia Daunt written over the past 25 years for Cornucopia Magazine. It concludes with her latest article, on the magnificent ruins of Aphrodisias, newly listed as a World Heritage Site but long one of her greatest loves. The images are by internationally renowned photographers, including Fritz von der Schulenburg, Simon Upton, Cemal Emden and Jean-Marie del Moral. Foreword by John Julius Norwich. Table of Contents Foreword PALACES OF DIPLOMACY 1 The Winter Palaces The Pera Embassies WINDOW ON THE BOSPHORUS 2 Boating with Billy 3 The Summer Palaces: The Bosphorus Embassies 4 The Jewel Box: The Çürüksulu Mehmet Pasha Yalı 5 The Vizier’s Retreat: The Kıbrıslı Yalı 6 A Room for the Books: Ahmed Vefik Pasha’s Library 7 Water’s Edge: The Hekimbaşı Yalı 8 The Talk of the Bosphorus: The Zeki Pasha Yalı 9 Some Enchanted Evenings: The Ratip Efendi Yalı 10 The House that Came out of the Blue: The Germen Yalı 11 In the Spirit’s Wake: Sumahan on the Water 12 The Palace Lady’s Summerhouse: The Ethem Pertev Yalı TRAVELS IN ANATOLIA 13 The Country Houses that Ride the Storm 14 The Lake that Time Forgot 15 Sublime Portals The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği SECRET ANKARA 16 A Brave New World The Embassies’ Big Move to Ankara 17 Fly in the Face of Fashion Ankara’s Hidden Assets PARIS A LA TURQUE 18 Treasures of a Lost Dynasty 19 From Lunacy to Diplomacy 276 APHRODISIAS REBORN 20 City of Aphrodite Acknowledgements and glossary Index

The Palace Lady's Summerhouse: And other inside stories from a vanishing Turkey

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