When he falls ill, Nur's world becomes entwined with the forces she perceives as ruining her city, as Medical Officer George Monroe steps in to assist. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.

Book Review: Last Letter from Istanbul by Lucy Foley

Described as ‘an epic story that vividly captures the heartbreaking turmoil of forbidden love, against a richly drawn backdrop of a legendary city steeped in history and myth. I found it very easy to get absorbed into the story and was eager to find out how everything was going to unfold.The story of Nur and George, and all the other characters in this novel, are interwoven against the most spectacular backdrop of mysterious and far-flung locations. Of course, Foley had a wondrous location to recreate and the scenery descriptions are about the only thing I liked of this book. The house has been transformed into an army hospital, it is a prize of war in the hands of the British. Te presentan las múltiples interrogantes de un conflicto: ¿Existen soldados buenos y malos dependiendo del lado en que luchen? Somit ergibt sich eine Rahmenhandlung, in der eine weitere Erzählung eingebettet ist, welche den Leser als Beobachter agieren lässt und ein ganzes Menschenleben in der Vergangenheit spielt.

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The characters, as varied as a small Turkish boy and a Scottish doctor make this a rich tapestry of a historical read.

The result is a rather sterile and bloodless narrative that never matures into something even vaguely emotionally compelling - despite the harrowing events depicted. Nur is shocked and saddened at having had to flee her home and see it turn into a military hospital. I will start with the positive, and that is Foley transports the reader to Constantinople, the streets and people come alive and I could really envisage it. Historical fiction with an enticing love element thrown in to keep the romance junkies - or rather, historical romance junkies, close to the story. I could have quite happily put this down and not finished it and I really do not think I would have minded.

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Last Letter from Istanbul is not a fast-paced page turner but a slow-burning tale of passion, secrets and lies.We meet Nur, a young woman living in Constantinople- her beloved Istanbul- a city brutally overtaken by the Allied Forces. The historical context is interesting, but I would have appreciated it more had Foley valued economy and clarity. The story is about the mistrust between the English occupiers of Constantinople in 1921 and the local people. A sad, but beautiful ode to the people who claimed it as their own, and those who occupied it after the war.