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Sumner-Boyd, Hilary & Freely, John

Strolling Through Istanbul : The Classic Guide to the City

Tauris Parke, 2012

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Year of publication
2012
ISBN
9781848851542
Author
Sumner-Boyd, Hilary & Freely, John
Publishers
Tauris Parke
Edition
Reprint
Keyword
DESCRPTION TRAVEL BYZANTIUM CONSTANTINOPLE ISTABUL TURKEY
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

This classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary Summer-Boyd and John Freely is here, for the first time since its original publication thirty-seven years ago, published in a completely revised and updated new edition. Taking the reader on foot through this captivating city - European City of Culture 2010 - the authors describe the historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople and the capital in turn of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, in the context of a great living city. Woven throughout are vivid anecdotes, secret histories, hidden gems and every major place of interest the traveler will want to see. Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best." 494p. + col. plates. diagrams, maps, index