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A Byzantine Journey
by Ash, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0679409343
- ISBN 13
- 9780679409342
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Part travel and part luminous cultural history of the Byzantine Empire. "A high point of civilization and artistic accomplishment, the Byzantine Empire has also been the object of great misunderstanding and prejudice. This is a portrayal of its cultural history focusing on its surreal landscapes and fantastic monuments. The book starts in Istanbul and crosses the Sea of Marmara to travel through Anatolia, the region of Asiatic Turkey which was the source of the Empire's wealth and manpower. John Ash finds his way through a country of anachronisms and contrasts, of bloody feuds and frescoed cave-churches, of saints and sinners, of emperors and sultans. The book introduces the reader to an exotic cast of characters, including the impassioned aesthete Theophilus, the great mystical poet Rumi, the bishop and necromancer Theodore Santabarenos and the Empress Theophano" 329. p. Chronology bibliography, index..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044402
- Title
- A Byzantine Journey
- Author
- Ash, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st US Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0679409343
- ISBN 13
- 9780679409342
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BYZANTIUM TRAVEL MIDDLE EAST GREEK ORTHODOXY TURKEY ANATOLIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Turkey; Ottoman Empire;
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KALAMOS BOOKS
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