| The Rage of the Vulture Contributor(s): Unsworth, Barry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393313085 ISBN-13: 9780393313086 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1995 Annotation: Robert Markham is an Englishman in 1908 Constantinople. The Ottoman world is crumbling and Markham is a new appointee to the British legation in Turkey. Twelve years before, he had watched helplessly as his Armenian fiance had been brutally raped and murdered, Now he seeks revenge amid the breakdown of the Turkish empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.48" W x 8.28" (0.89 lbs) 446 pages |
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| Publisher Description: It is May 1908 and the Ottoman world is crumbling. Robert Markham, an Englishman in Constantinople, is newly posted to the British legation with his imperious wife and overly curious son. Markham's hidden life is about to make itself known as he forgets familial and patriotic ties in order to absolve a deep-seated guilt. Twelve years before, he had been involved with an Armenian woman. On the evening of their engagement, the Armenian massacres erupted. Saved by his British citizenship, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his fiancee. Amid the breakdown of the Turkish empire, he now seeks revenge. |
Contributor Bio(s): Unsworth, Barry: - Barry Unsworth (1930-2012), who won the Booker Prize for Sacred Hunger, was a Booker Prize finalist for Morality Play and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for The Ruby in Her Navel. |