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A Fez of the Heart: Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat: Travels Through Turkey in Search of a Hat

 
A Fez of the Heart: Travels Around Turkey in Search of a Hat: Travels Through Turkey in Search of a Hat

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Jeremy Seal set out across Turkey, in the extremes of winter, to trace the astonishing history of a cone-shaped hat. He soon saw the fez as the key by which Turkey, beset by contradiction, might be understood.

'Almost all you could ever need to know about modern Turkey, modern Turks and their one-time headgear. Extremely well written and very funny' Eric Newby

'Original and beautifully observed, the book reads like Chatwin with jokes' Independent

'Intelligent, funny and informative travelogue . . . Not so much a book about hats as a skilled and entertaining portrait of modern Turkey' Sunday Times

'Armchair travellers can rarely have had such a delightfully eccentric guide as Jeremy Seal . . . weaves history, personal and illuminating observation into a sprightly seamless whole' Scotland on Sunday

Product details

EAN/ISBN:
9780330343626
Edition:
New ed
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
304
Publication date:
1996-01-12
Publisher:
MacMillan
Manufacturer:
Unknown
EAN/ISBN:
9780330343626
Edition:
New ed
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
304
Publication date:
1996-01-12
Publisher:
MacMillan
Manufacturer:
Unknown

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