Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

by Bettany Hughes

Book Overview

Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul -- resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was the very center of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306825848
• ISBN13: 9780306825842
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 856 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"