The dervish

Description:

An American war widow seeks emotional asylum with her sister at the American Consulate in Constantinople during the Allied occupation in 1919. Through a crossstitched pattern of synchronicity Kazan's heroine becomes a vital thread in the fate of Mustafa Kemal (later Ataturk) and his battle for his country's freedom. Based on firsthand accounts of the Turkish nationalist resistance, The Dervish details the extraordinary events that culminated in 1923 with the creation of the Republic of Turkey.--Publisher.

subjects: World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746,  World War, 1914-1918,  History,  Revolution (Turkey : 1918-1923) fast (OCoLC)fst01354585,  Islam,  Fiction,  Interfaith relations,  Relations,  Christianity,  Fiction, historical, general,  World war, 1914-1918, fiction,  Istanbul (turkey), fiction

People: Florence Billings (1879-1959),  Abdu˜lhak Adnan Ad♯łvar (1882-1955),  Kemal Atatu˜rk (1881-1938),  Mark L. Bristol (1868-1939),  Mehmed VI Sultan of the Turks (1861-1926),  Annie T. Allen (1868-1922),  Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924),  Robert Dunn (1877-1955),  Halide Edib Ad♯łvar (1885-1964)

Places: Turkey,  Istanbul (Turkey),  Istanbul

Times: Revolution, 1918-1923