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| | Amazon.ca: The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha: Books: Rea Galanake,Rhea Galanaki,Kay Cicellis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Ismail Ferik Pasha is a Cretan boy (based on an actual historical figure) who is kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam, raised to become a military leader and then, in adulthood, sent to subdue a revolt on his native island. |
 | | The second section, "History," narrates in Ismail's voice his return to Crete, his command of the Muslim forces against Cretan rebels and his attempts to reconnect with his long-lost Greek brother, Antonis. |
 | | The Life Of Ismail Ferik Pasha ($29.95; Sept. 9, 1996; 166 pp.; 0- 7206-0965-8): A compact historical novel based on the real life of its title character, a Cretan revolutionary captured during his country's struggle (in 186668) for independence from Greece. |
| www.amazon.ca /Life-Ismail-Ferik-Pasha/dp/0720609658 (372 words) |
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