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Author:

Shafak, Elif, 1971-

Title:

The architect's apprentice [Lg. print] / Elif Shafak.

Format:

[Lg. print] /

Edition:

Center Point Large Print edition.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

678 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Subject:

Sinan,--Mimar,--1489 or 1490-1588--Fiction.
Architects--Turkey--16th century--Fiction.
Mihrimah Sultan,--1522-1578--Fiction.
Turkey--Social life and customs--16th century--Fiction.
Turkey--History--S©ơleyman I, 1520-1566--Fiction.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Summary:

"During the height of the Ottoman Empire twelve-year-old Johan arrived in Istanbul to become an animal tamer to the white elephant Chota, befriend the sultan's beautiful daughter, and become an apprentice to Sinan, the empire's chief architect. As they build masterpieces, dangerous undercurrents begin to emerge, with jealousy erupting among Sinan's four apprentices"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1628995424
9781628995428

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900684701

LCCN:

2015003349

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)