The Olive Trees

The Olive Trees is a history of Cyprus seen through the eyes of one village. Akin Yilmaz's Father was born in Terra in Cyprus and told through stories from the village, the book takes us on a journey spanning over 2,000 years from the time of Alexander the Great, the Romans, the Arabs and Byzantines, the Crusaders, the Venetians, being part of the Ottoman Empire and then the British Empire.