The Architect's Apprentice - Elif Shafak

A gorgeous picture of a city teeming with secrets, intrigue and romance  The Times  Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience  Financial Times  Fascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power  Sunday Times  Intricate, multi-layered, resplendent, vividly evoked, beautifully written *bserver *Sumptuous, absorbing, moving Independent on Sunday