· Bettany Hughes's book about the three cities - Byzantion, Constantinople, and Istanbul - is to use a cliche - a tour de force. The stories that these cities contain tempt both the reader and the bard to indulge in digressions but even that is performed in perfect measure by Hughes: the origin of the notion of the 'Caucasoid' race, the prowess of Pausanias, the relation between Constantine the Great /5. · She populates her three cities of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul with a rich and dizzying cast of ordinary and extraordinary men and women. This is Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. · Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative -- narrative history at its finest/5().
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities: Bettany Hughes Tom HollandDr. Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who has devoted the l. For much of its history it was known simply as The City, but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities. As the longest-lived political entity in Europe, over the last 6, Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities review: Research undermined by breathless delivery Bettany Hughes enlivens history with details of daily life Istanbul, a city with a fascinating history, on the.
Her latest book, Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, is a particular stroke of genius Over the years the city has had three names - Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul so in a vivid rattle she hurls Xerxes, Alcibiades, Constantine, Justinian, Theodora, Suleyman the Magnificent and a sometimes overwhelming cast of thousands of others before us It is a story well worth telling as the region continues to implode, the final or at least latest lashings out of the Ottoman Empire's collapse. Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative -- narrative history at its finest. Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities: Bettany Hughes Tom HollandDr. Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who has devoted the l.
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