Milton, Giles — Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922

Basic Books First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Basic Books, 2008. 8vo., 464pp., illustrated with b/w photos and maps. As new in as new dust jacket. On September 13, 1922, Turkish troops descended on Smyrna. They rampaged first through the Armenian quarter, and then throughout the rest of the city. They looted homes, raped women, and murdered untold thousands. Turkish soldiers were seen dousing buildings with petroleum. Soon, all but the Turkish quarter of the city was in flames and hundreds of thousands of refugees crowded the waterfront, desperate to escape. The city burned for four days; by the time the embers cooled, more than 100,000 people had been killed and millions left homeless. As New As New 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 464