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Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place

24 reviews
Mary lee Settle

Touchstone, 1992

The Mellowest of Reflections
A most pleasant evening's read. Not really a book I would recommend to guide anyone planning a first trip to Turkey, as it is a bit too intellectual--i.e., reflective, and its greatest appeal will probably be to anyone already familiar with Turkey. However, maybe it is the kind of book that a first-time traveller to Turkey should read after having gone through the nuts and bolts travel guides. ...

Prisons (Beulah Quintet/Mary Lee Settle, Bk 1)

1 review
Mary Lee Settle

University of South Carolina Press, 1996

American precursor
This is a book slight in pages, but powerful in impact, about a foot soldier in Cromwell's New Model Army during the English Civil War in the 17th century. The story centers on an idealistic young soldier and his compatriots who join Cromwell's army to overthrow the King and establish a new order. Their hopes are gradually crushed, however, as Cromwell abandons any path towards radical change. ...

O Beulah Land (Beulah Quintet/Mary Lee Settle, Bk 2)

1 review
Mary Lee Settle

University of South Carolina Press, 1996

What historical fiction should be!
Charlottesville, VA, home of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe and of the University of Virginia, now offers up a new contribution: Mary Lee Settle. This book is a thrilling read, yet it's so evocative of the time in which it is set that Prof. Stephen Innes of UVa assigns it to his undergrad's (of whom, by the way, I've never been one). Try it, you'll like it!