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y separately published work icon The Past Tense Of Youth : A Tale of Mystery and Romance single work   novel   romance   fantasy   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Past Tense Of Youth : A Tale of Mystery and Romance
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'Set, for the most part, in the harem of Topkapi Palace Constantinople during the time of the last ruling Sultan this novel travels back and forth through time. Beginning in 1936 a young English girl falls in love with a young Turk and they honeymoon in Istanbul. While on a tour of Topkapi Palace with her husband she is lured back in time and into the harem by a strange veil, a faded painting and the song of a gypsy.'

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    • Leichhardt, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Renee Dallow , 2016 .
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      Extent: 212p.p.
      ISBN: 9780994433206
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