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Title: Istanbul: The Imperial City by John Freely ISBN: 0-14-024461-1 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 (15 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: The Imperial City ..... Short-Changed
Comment: Initially unimpressed by the first chapter of the book, in which Freely provides a cursory summation of Byzantium's early history, I was amazed to find on page 13, the first of Chapter 2, that he mistakenly identified Mesembria (modern day Nesebar)as the Greek colony closest to the Bosphorus. It was in fact, and still is, Apollonia Pontika (modern day Sozopol), which was one of the earliest Greek foundations (late 7th century B.C.). The rest of the book is an assemblage of information, much of which will not be particulary useful to a visitor. The book's saving grace is an excellent bibliography for the reader to explore. For tourists, the "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide - Istanbul" is a far better companion; easier to carry, containing excellent color photographs and diagrams,and full of historical information.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not what I was expecting....
Comment: I'm about 150 pages into this book. If you're interested in geneology - who gave birth to who - this is the book for you. The book briefly mentions the Hagia Sophia - it briefly mentions what lead to the schism between the Greek and Roman Churches but continues to onslaut the reader with geneology - which has become a bit boring. No doubt the author has done his research - but I was hoping to get a better idea of what Istanbul was like - the arts, the food, the architecture. There is an index of monuments at the end of the book. I'll continue to slog away and let you know....
Rating: 5
Summary: great book
Comment: This is a great historical overview of Istambul. It helps to read it before visiting the monuments. One can ask more informed questions, understand the monuments better, etc.
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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Istanbul by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 0789427516 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross ISBN: 0688080936 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 August, 1979 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History by Seton Lloyd ISBN: 0520220420 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.84 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Turkey (Turkey, 8th Ed) by Pat Yale, Verity Campbell, Richard Plunkett ISBN: 1740593626 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich ISBN: 0679772693 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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