In Europe, venture through the glamorous French Riviera, soaking up the glamour that so epitomised Hollywood in the 1950's, or discover the stately elegance of the Imperial cities of Vienna, Prague, and Berlin, uncovering the often turbulent history of these gorgeous cities. (raildiscoveries.com)
As if no other people suffered during the course of turbulent history in the Balkans, Izetbegovic discussed crimes committed only on Bosniaks — leaving Croats, Serbs as well as other ethno - national and religious groups aside. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
The Last Empress, which opens where Empress Orchid ends, lacks the compelling rags - to - riches / love story elements of Empress Orchid and tends to read like a series of vignettes not a continuous novel - probably the result of trying to squeeze nearly half a century of turbulent history into less than 300 pages. (bookbrowse.com)