Couverture / Jaquette

In his lively and witty quasi-autobiography, Essad Bey tells us the story of his childhood in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and of his flight from the Russian Revolution in 1917, which brought him through half the Orient, through the Caucasus, then to Istanbul - where this book concludes - and finally to Berlin.

Note biographique

Essad Bey was born in 1905, his birth was registered in Kiev. He grew up in Baku. His father gained his wealth in the oil business. When the Russian Revolution broke out, both fled their home country and arrived 1921 in Berlin. Lev converted to Islam in 1922 and assumed the name Essad Bey. Before he died in Italy in 1942 at the age of 36 years, he'd written 16 books, among with are two novels under the pseudonym of Kurban Said, "Ali and Nino" and "The Girl from the Golden Horn". He also wrote countless articles for newspapers and many adventure stories for magazines.

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