The Architect's Apprentice
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The Architect's Apprentice
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Seslendiren:
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Grant Cartwright
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Yazan:
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Elif Shafak
There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...
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 and valuable white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan's court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chota's back to the furthest corners of the Sultan's kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahan's fortunes forever.
©2014 Elif Shafak (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty LtdEleştirmen yorumları
Enthralling
Bir sorun oluştu. Lütfen birkaç dakika sonra tekrar deneyin.
Architectural and historical facts really intersting but kept alive by Characters.
Semi factual great story, great character
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A lyrical listen
Bir sorun oluştu. Lütfen birkaç dakika sonra tekrar deneyin.
This is my second Élif Shafak book, I so enjoyed her 10 minutes and 38 seconds.
This book looked very different so I was a little apprehensive.
It took at least an hour to get into the book, as the prose is quite flowery in places. However the words soon weave you into a 16 century Istanbul, the Middle East and parts of Europe with its magic, mystery and mythical senses that are almost palpable at times.
The characters were beautifully drawn, the good the bad and the ugly. I loved the way she included and wrote about the animal as they too were a part of the court of the Sultan. Chota the white elephant is magnificent and makes the man that is Johan.
The summary of this book tells nothing, it is like the tip of an iceberg and you get drawn down into the vastness of this tale.
Exemplary narration by Grant Cartwright.
Highly recommend for lovers of historical fiction.
Immersion in 16th century Istanbul
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I sometimes found it difficult to follow the story dure to the narrator making breaks in his reading which didn't occur at the end of sentences or phrases.
The great amount of research that went into this story.
Bir sorun oluştu. Lütfen birkaç dakika sonra tekrar deneyin.