Jon Cocks

Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, comparable to Chris Bohjalian's The Sandcastle style="color:black;">It takes the reader through history not widely told and highlights the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac style="color:black;"> It puts into harsh focus the incomprehensible cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks and their henchmen towards their Armenian citizens, but it is ultimately a story about faith and love and the redemptive power of style="color:black;">Angel of Aleppo is set primarily from 1915 – 1919 in Anatolia (southern modern-day Turkey), Aleppo and the Mesopotamian desert. It moves briefly to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1923, then plays out in ...