Across the Hellespont: A Literary Guide to Turkey (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2010 (1987)* Publisher: Tauris Parke.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a view of Istanbul by Felix Ziem (1864). No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used, as new. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 237 pp. text. xiii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Turkey lies at the crossroads of history. Since the beginning of civilisation, Anatolia has been crossed and re-crossed by waves of ancient people: the Hittites, the ancient Persian Empire and the mighty Ottoman Empire that spread as far as Budapest, Baghdad, Cairo and Arabia, have created a country as varied as it is possible to find in the world. With a climate and landscape as diverse as its past, Turkey has provided an alluring and yet sometimes challenging destination for westerners throughout the ages. This, and the hospitality of its people has ensured that countless visitors, from classical times to the present, have fallen under the spell of Turkey. "Across the Hellespont" describes in lively detail the remarkable literature which Turkey has inspired for two millennia.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st. revised edn, 1st imp. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*