Jeremy Seal crafts compelling narratives that delve into the less-trodden paths of travel and history. His work excels at unearthing uncommon subjects, focusing on the human element and insightful cultural observations. Readers are drawn into worlds that are both exotic and remarkably resonant.
The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation'Through the spellbinding career of a single, ill-fated leader, Jeremy Seal illuminates a bitterly divided country' Colin Thubron'Read this book if you're interested in Turkey.
'Delightful and original ... an exhilarating combination of detective story, travel writing, personal memoir and creative fiction' Daily Mail
The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression - an invitation Jeremy Seal is duty-bound to accept while travelling the length of it in a one-man canoe.
This is Jeremy Seal's quest, by means of a fez, for the heart of a country culturally and spiritually at odds with herself. The fez's opposing associations - both revered Eastern-Islamic headdress and banal tourist souvenir - exactly reflects Turkey's cultural faultline.