Across the Hellespont: a Literary Guide to Turkey

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Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Istanbul; 2. Bithynia and the Troad; 3. Ionia and Lydia; 4. Central Anatolia; 5. Lycia and the Turkish Riviera; 6. Armenia, Pontus and Trebizond; 7. Cilicia and The Syrian Marches; Bibliography; Index.;Turkey lies at the crossroads of history. For millennia, Anatolia has been crossed and re-crossed by waves of conquering civilizations - Hittites, Persians, Romans and Ottomans - who 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 descri.