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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes (Paperback, 2017)
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN 'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter Frankopan Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu'ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between the East and West, it has served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was known simply as The City, but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities. As the longest-lived political entity in Europe, over the last 6,000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the core. At the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layers. Phoenicians, Genoese, Venetians, Jews, Vikings, Azeris all called a patch of this earth their home. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finest.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139781780224732
eBay Product ID (ePID)14046521617
Product Key Features
Number of Pages832 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIstanbul: a Tale of Three Cities
Publication Year2017
SubjectArchaeology, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorBettany Hughes
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight640 g
Item Width126 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorBettany Hughes
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- 12 Aug, 2020
A must read for those interested in Ancient Eastern Med.
Excellent book, covering hundreds of years of a great City's existence..wonderfully and interestingly told by one of our great historians..BETTANY HUGHES.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Apr, 2023
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