Yet the spirited young beauty only has eyes for Rafael Alfandari, the handsome Jewish son of an esteemed court physician. last train to istanbul by ayşE KULINĪs the daughter of one of Turkey’s last Ottoman pashas, Selva could win the heart of any man in Ankara. Beautiful Exiles is a stirring story of lovers and rivals, of the breathless attraction to power and fame, and of one woman-ahead of her time-claiming her own identity from the wreckage of love. With their romance unfolding as they travel the globe, Martha establishes herself as one of the world’s foremost war correspondents, and Hemingway begins the novel that will win him the Nobel Prize for Literature. And as Hemingway tells her, the most powerful love stories are always set against the fury of war.
The very married Hemingway is taken with Martha-her beauty, her ambition, and her fearless spirit. Their friendship-forged over writing, talk, and family dinners-flourishes into something undeniable in Madrid while they’re covering the Spanish Civil War. Headstrong, accomplished journalist Martha Gellhorn is confident with words but less so with men when she meets disheveled literary titan Ernest Hemingway in a dive bar. As the trail of clues winds its way through the past-reflected in the memories of both father and son-what unfolds is a surprising journey of forgiveness, family, and self-discovery.