Istanbul: A Tale Of Three Cities Wendy Straw marvelling at its inhabitants

marvelling at its inhabitants

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inspires a global audience of millions to look

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Featuring an introduction and notes by Professor Paul Cartledge

Istanbul: A Tale Of Three Cities Wendy Straw marvelling at its inhabitantsIstanbul 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 world,