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FROM: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 1:13 PM

Did the list that Dennis sent include the one that the patron was looking for in this question? I was reminded of it when I saw a rather lurid-looking 1966 paperback amongst our donations: "The Gentle Infidel", by Lawrence Schoonover. ("Epic and bold -- a masterful novel of the siege and rape of Constantinople....") It's copyright "MCML", which to my non-roman eye looks like 1950.

Bradley A. Scott... who is wondering whether medieval women EVER dressed the way they're portrayed on the cover of this book!!!
Allen (Texas) Public Library

** All opinions are personal. **

We are looking for a book that is historical fiction concerning the fall of
Constantinople. Our patron has told us that she is sure she read it before
1964. Any ideas?
Susan Irving; St. Matthews/Eline Branch - Louisville Free Public Library

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 11:49 AM

>From: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re. Fall of Constantinople
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:42:15 -0500
>
>Did the list that Dennis sent include the one that the patron was looking
>for in this question? I was reminded of it when I saw a rather
>lurid-looking 1966 paperback amongst our donations: "The Gentle Infidel",
>by Lawrence Schoonover. ("Epic and bold -- a masterful novel of the siege
>and rape of Constantinople....") It's copyright "MCML", which to my
>non-roman eye looks like 1950.
>
>Bradley A. Scott... who is wondering whether medieval women EVER dressed
>the way they're portrayed on the cover of this book!!!
>Allen (Texas) Public Library
>

Maybe not medieval *European* women...but this book is about Moslems, which
(given the time period) means harems...I remember reading and enjoying it.
It's about the "janissaries," the young Christian males who were taken as a
sort of tax-tribute item, converted, and trained as soldiers.


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FROM: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 4/5/01, 9:43 AM

>Maybe not medieval *European* women...but this book is about Moslems, which
>(given the time period) means harems...I remember reading and enjoying it.
>It's about the "janissaries," the young Christian males who were taken as a
>sort of tax-tribute item, converted, and trained as soldiers.
>
>
I certainly did not intend to cast aspersions on Mr. Schoonover's literary talents, which I am unfamiliar with. I should have remembered that judging a book by the cover of its paperback edition is not always wise. I am reminded of a series of cartoons by Ed Fisher, entitled "Paperbacking the Classics", in which he drew up typical pulp-paperback covers and subtitles for various literary works. For example:

"Alice in Wonderland: a young girl at the mercy of a ruthless Queen!"

"The Theory of the Leisure Class: An orgy of conspicuous consumption!"

"Eminent Victorians: Three men.... ONE woman."

Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library

** All opinions are personal. **

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