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Six characters meet in Jerusalem during the last turbulent decade of Ottoman rule: Jamail, the Sunni aristocrat; Natalia, the Russian Jewess from the best brothel in Constantinople; Wassif, the Christian Arab who will keep the journal of the city; Joseph, the Sephardic entrepreneur who will build the first railroad in the Middle East; Thomas, the English archaeology student who will later lead armies; and David, the radical socialist fleeing from the Czar's secret police...
They all came here...
A story that isn’t just set in history — it breathes, sweats, sings, and argues its way through it. The turmoil, the cultures, the collisions, the dreams of the era…
-Page andWine Book Club
A truly exciting book about pre-Statehood Israel, under the end of the Ottoman Empire and the beginning of the British mandate. I don't want to give any spoilers, but you will quickly recognize some of the characters. A topsy-turvy environment in which nobody knows what is coming next or who they can trust. Seeing the history through a different lens - by the interactions of a variety of characters - made it really come alive for me.
-Udlone
A rich, ambitious concept that humanizes a pivotal decade through deeply contrasted lives. By weaving together Arabs, Jews, Europeans, capitalists, idealists, and artists, the novel captures the cultural friction and fragile coexistence of late Ottoman Palestine with impressive scope. The characters feel emblematic without becoming symbolic clichés, allowing personal desire, survival, and belief to illuminate the forces that would shape the modern Middle East
--Mohosin Hossain
A rich historical tapestry where love, identity, and empire collide in Jerusalem on the edge of change
-Quietly Spectacular