| Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xx, 492 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-470) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- To 1453.
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Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel.
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Fidler, Richard.
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| Genre/Form |
Travel writing.
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| ISBN |
9781681775111 (hardcover) |
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1681775115 (hardcover) |
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