The Ionian Islands: Corfu, Cephalonia, Ithaka and Beyond

by John Freely

Book Overview

Rising from the waters between Greece and Italy, the Ionians - peaks of an underwater mountain range - are some of the most culturally, historically and mythologically rich in all Greece. Consisting of Corfu, Paxos, Ithaka, Lefkas, Cephalonia, Zakynthos and Kythera, they have been variously invaded and occupied by the Goths, Arabs, Normans, Venetians, British, Germans and most recently by tourism, yet they have always absorbed and assimilated other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845116968
• ISBN13: 9781845116965
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.7"