In 1506, Michelangelo – a young but already renowned sculptor – is invited by the sultan of Constantinople to design a bridge over the Golden Horn. The sultan has offered, alongside an enormous payment, the promise of immortality, since Leonardo da Vinci's design was rejected: 'You will surpass him in glory if you accept, for you will succeed where he has failed, and you will give the world a monument without equal.' Michelangelo, after some hesitation, flees Rome and an irritated Pope Julius II – whose commission he leaves unfinished – and arrives in Constantinople for this truly epic project. Once there, he explores the beauty and wonder of the Ottoman Empire, sketching and describing his impressions along the way, and becomes immersed in cloak-and-dagger palace intrigues as he struggles to create what could be his greatest architectural masterwork. Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants – constructed from real historical fragments – is a thrilling page-turner about why stories are told, why bridges are built, and how seemingly unmatched pieces, seen from the opposite sides of civilization, can mirror one another.
Our Lady of the Nile
Scholastique Mukasonga
bookThe Appointment (unabridged)
Katharina Volckmer
audiobookNo Land to Light On : A Novel
Yara Zgheib
audiobookbookI en galen rasande stad
Guy Gunaratne, Erik MacQueen
bookYonder : A Novel
Jabari Asim
audiobookbookAs the Eagle Flies
Nolwenn Le Blevennec
bookFinger Bone
Hiroki Takahashi
bookHunter School
Sakinu Ahronglong
bookEndless Blue Sky
Hyoseok Lee
bookVi är fem
Matias Faldbakken
audiobookNinth Building
Jingzhi Zou
bookLand of Smoke
Sara Gallardo
book