IN ALEPPO ONCE
Written by Taqui Altounyan
Published by Amazon Publications
in 2001
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MIDDLE EAST
- SYRIA
- LIMITED EDITION
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IN ALEPPO ONCE
Written by Taqui Altounyan.
Stock no. 1205801
1st.
2001.
Hardback.
As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Limited edition of 400 copies. B/w photos. Arthur Ransome wrote some of 'Peter Duck' while in Aleppo. This book is the memories of a Syrian childhood. Corners very very slightly bumped.
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Front cover
Contents
- 1 Black Gran'pa and White Gran'pa
- 2 Journey to Syria and First Impressions
- 3 First Days in Aleppo and the Old House
- 4 Settling Down
- 5 The New House
- 6 Inside the Fortress
- 7 Lessons
- 8 Feast Days and Celebrations
- 9 The Hospital
- 10 The View from the Battlements
- 11 Sorties Outside the Fortress
- 12 Summer in the Mountains
- 13 Back to Aleppo
- 14 Exile - England and School
- 15 Return to Aleppo
- Epilogue
- Postscript
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