Last Letter from Istanbul: Escape with this epic holiday read of secrets and forbidden love

Last Letter from Istanbul: Escape with this epic holiday read of secrets and forbidden love
Lucy Foley

‘This will sweep you away for the summer. Lucy Foley blends a rich history, haunting secrets and a timeless love story’ Santa Montefiore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Deverill seriesISTANBUL, 1921Before the Occupation, Nur’s city was a tapestry of treasures: the Grand Bazaar alive with colour, trinkets and spices; saffron sunsets melting into the black waters of the Bosphorus; the sweet fragrance of the fig trees dancing on the summer breeze . . .Now the shadow of war hangs over the city, and Nur lives for the protection of a young boy with a terrible secret. Stumbling through the streets, carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, she avoids the gazes of the Allied soldiers. Survival is everything.When Nur chances upon George Monroe, a medical officer in the British Army, it is easy to hate him. Yet the lines between enemy and friend grow fainter.She and the boy would both be at risk. Nur knows that she cannot afford to fall – impossibly and dangerously – in love . . .

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Source ISBN: 9780008169077

Ebook Edition © April 2018 ISBN: 9780008169091

Version: 2018-06-20

Dedication (#ueb7ed347-404c-51d1-84c3-1c4f8f42a939)

To Al, always my first reader.

I love you.

Contents

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Title Page (#u6e0dcfc0-587f-5764-9021-b92ace79f3b0)

Copyright

Dedication

Victorious Allies in Constantinople!

Part One

Nur

The Traveller

The Boy

Nur

George

The Boy

The Prisoner

The Traveller

Nur

The Boy

Nur

George

Nur

The Prisoner

George

Nur

The Prisoner

The Boy

Nur

George

The Boy

The Prisoner