Book description
On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode
into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman
Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the
most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two
million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions.
PARADISE LOST is told with the narrative verve that has made Giles
Milton a bestselling historian. It unfolds through the memories of the
survivors, many of them interviewed for the first time, and the
eyewitness accounts of those who found themselves caught up in one of
the greatest catastrophes of the modern age. Giles Milton is a writer
and historian. He is the bestselling author of
Nathaniel's Nutmeg
, Big Chief Elizabeth
, The Riddle and the Knight
, White Gold
, Samurai William
, Paradise Lost
and, most recently, Wolfram
. He has also written two novels and two children's books, one of them
illustrated by his wife Alexandra. He Lives in South London.
