Bøger af Grace Ellison

Grace Ellison (d.1935) was a journalist with a passion for Turkish culture. In this partisan but fascinating 1923 book, she recounts her visit to Angora (Ankara), the new capital of the Turkish Republic, in the aftermath of the First World War and the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire.

Grace Ellison (d.1935) was a journalist and suffragette who travelled widely in Turkey. This book, first published in 1915, is her rich and evocative description of a stay in a nobleman's harem, contrasting the residents' cloistered yet opulent lifestyle with the relative freedoms of women in the West.