Istanbul
A Tale of Three Cities
$32.06
- Paperback
832 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2018
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780224732 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780224737 |
| Author: | Bettany Hughes |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 832 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 640g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 54mm |
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Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve - GUARDIAN
A scholarly narrative, but Hughes isn’t averse to heating it up with the salacious stories that dot the city’s past - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHRichly entertaining and impeccably researched - OBSERVERWith a broadcaster’s delight, Bettany Hughes … reconstructs Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul as living, breathing landscapes - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her previous books include Venus and Aphrodite (shortlisted for the Runciman Award), Istanbul (a Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Runciman Award), The Hemlock Cup (a New York Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Writers Guild award) and Helen Of Troy. All her books have been translated into multiple languages. She has made many documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, National Geographic, ABC and the Discovery and History channels. Bettany has been a Professor at the New College of Humanities and Research Fellow at King’s College London. She has been honoured with numerous awards including the Medlicott Medal for services to history, Europe’s Cultural Heritage Prize and an OBE for services to history.
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