Thorndike Press Large Print Historical Fiction: The Oracle of Stamboul (Hardcover)

from kimkimkim

"When you follow the ardent instructions of your heart, when you follow not the easy path nor the selfish path, but the path you knew all along was correct, you can only but do what's right by the world." Beautiful prose, lush imagery, an untenable situation, an expected outcome. So glad I went a...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Oh this book had so very much promise, but for me it fell short. From the inside flap: "Late in the summer of 1877, a flock of purple and white Hoopoes suddenly appears over the town of Constanta on the Black Sea, and Eleonora Cohen is ushered into the world by a mysterious pair of Tartar midwive...

from gaskella

The story of Eleanora Cohen, a ten year old savant sounded irresistible and would have been if the story had developed its full potential. Eleanora never knew her mother, but grows up to have a thirst for reading and knowledge doting on her father. When he has to go on a business trip to sell car...

from melaniehope

When I first received this book, I thought the cover looked great. I could not wait to get started. The story begins late in the summer of 1877. Eleonora Cohen is born into the world amidst signs all pointing to an ancient prophecy. Although her mother dies soon after, she is raised by her father...

from elbakerone

The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas is a picturesque historical fiction set around the Ottoman Empire in 1877 at the brink of the Russo-Turkish War. The book centers around a young girl, Elenora Cohen, whose birth is marked by strange signs and prophecies. A flock of purple and white ho...