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Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean by Philip Mansel (Paperback, 2011)
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Levant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. Using unpublished family papers, Philip Mansel describes their colourful, contradictory history, from the beginning of the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century to their decline in the mid twentieth century.
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Levant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. Using unpublished family papers, Philip Mansel describes their colourful, contradictory history, from the beginning of the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century to their decline in the mid twentieth century. Smyrna was burnt; Alexandria Egyptianised; Beirut lacerated by civil war.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139780719567087
eBay Product ID (ePID)109316387
Product Key Features
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLevant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean
Publication Year2011
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorPhilip Mansel
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight335 g
Item Width131 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPhilip Mansel
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