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Charles King

Biography

Charles King

Charles King is a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University. A frequent media commentator on global issues, he is the author of ODESSA, MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE and other books. He lives in Washington, DC.

Charles King

Books by Charles King

by Charles King - History, Nonfiction

At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul --- an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city --- people were looking toward an uncertain future. In beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.