The architect's apprentice
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The architect's apprentice
AUTHOR:
Shafak, Elif, 1971-
ISBN:
9780241970942
PUBLICATION_INFO:
[London] : Penguin Books, 2015.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
455 p. ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Architects -- Turkey -- 16th century -- Fiction. |
| Turkey -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction. |
| Turkey -- History -- Süleyman I, 1520-1566 -- Fiction. |
| Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Biographical fiction. |
| Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588 -- Fiction. |
| Mihrimah Sultan, 1522-1578 -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.