Booksmith presents
British historian GILES MILTON
author talk & booksigning
- When
- Wed Oct 1, 2008
- Where
- The Booksmith
- Time
- 7:30 pm
- Tags
- Books
Description
GILES MILTONtalk & booksigning for "Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922"
Wednesday, October 1 at 7:30 pm
Following WWI, Smyrna was a prosperous, cosmopolitan port on Turkey's Aegean coast where Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Jews and other nationalities lived in harmony. Then, the unthinkable happened. "Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922" is historian Giles Milton’s searingly vivid account of the city’s destruction a nearly forgotten war in which a great modern city burned for four days, 100,000 people were killed, and millions more left homeless.
Giles Milton is a journalist, historian and best-selling author of five previous works of nonfiction including "White Gold," "The Riddle and the Knight," "Big Chief Elizabeth," and "Nathaniel’s Nutmeg." He lives in London.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.booksmith.com
- Call
- 415-863-8688
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