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Ghost empire : a journey to the legendary Constantinople / Richard Fidler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fidler, Richard, 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fidler, Richard, 1964---Travel.
- Fidler, Richard.
- Fidler, Richard, 1964-.
- Travel.
- Istanbul (Turkey)--History--To 1453.
- Istanbul (Turkey).
- Istanbul (Turkey)--Description and travel.
- HISTORY / Byzantine Empire.
- HISTORY / Middle East / General.
- Local Subjects:
- HISTORY / Byzantine Empire.
- HISTORY / Middle East / General.
- Genre:
- Travel writing.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- "In a true voyage of discovery, Richard Fidler and his son, Joe, make a journey to Istanbul. Fired by Richard's passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire--centered around the legendary Constantinople--we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilizations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge lust, murder."--Jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Radiant city
- Rome to Byzantium
- The deep state
- Persian nightmares
- Children of Ishmael
- Uncreated light
- The starlit Golden Bough
- The fourth crusade
- End of days
- A thing not of this world
- The artifice of eternity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-470) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781681775111
- 1681775115
- OCLC:
- 975366212
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