Istanbul: City of Forgetting and Remembering (Armchair Traveller) by Richard Tillinghast
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Overview: With its varied and glorious history Istanbul remains one of the world s perennially fascinating cities Richard Tillinghast who first visited Istanbul in the early 1960s and has watched it transform over the decades into a vibrant metropolis explores its rich art and architecture culture cuisine and much more in this book Istanbul was known in Byzantine times as the Queen of Cities and to the Ottoman Turks as the Abode of Felicity Steeped in Istanbul s history Tillinghast takes his readers on a voyage of discovery through this storied cultural hub and he is as comfortable talking about Byzantine mosaics and dervish ceremonies as Iznik ceramics and the imperial mosques His lyrical writing brings Istanbul alive on the page as he accompanies readers to cafes palaces and taverns perfectly conjuring the atmospheric delights sounds and senses of the city Illuminating Istanbul s great buildings with tales that bring Ottoman and Byzantine history to life Tillinghast is adept at discovering both what the city remembers and what it chooses to forget
Genre: Non-Fiction > General > Travel > Asia > Turkey > Istanbul
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