A dazzling and intricate tale from the Bookershortlisted author of The Island of Missing Trees, and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World. There were six of us the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...Sixteenthcentury Istanbul a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie. So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultans court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chotas back to the furthest corners of the Sultans kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahans fortunes forever. The Architects Apprentice is a magical, sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger.A gorgeous picture of a city teeming with secrets, intrigue and romance The TimesExuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience Financial TimesFascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Sunday TimesIntricate, multilayered, resplendent, vividly evoked,...

Binding: Paperback;464 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 440 g; Dimensions: 131 x 199 x 33

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