Places in Turkey
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2010
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-3061-3 (ISBN)
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-3061-3 (ISBN)
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A fascinating and comprehensive itinerary of 83 places to visit in Turkey, by a highly cultured author with more than 20 years experience of travelling there.
Turkey for the tourist is a daunting, yet infinitely rewarding, proposition. The guide books cover everything most efficiently, but present a different problem: how to choose between the places? Francis Russell has been travelling in Turkey for more than twenty years, and with the eighty three recommendations here he provides a fascinating and comprehensive itinerary. More interested in extant buildings than excavations, and favouring unexcavated sites over those where 'the hand of the archaeologist is officiously evident', from the lost classical world of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine sites, and the Armenian and Georgian churches which are offshoots of the same growth, to the great monuments of the Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations, from the much visited southern coast to the heartlands of Anatolia, Russell's deep understanding of the history and culture of the region, and his keen eye for detail, make him the most delightfully erudite of travelling companions.
Turkey for the tourist is a daunting, yet infinitely rewarding, proposition. The guide books cover everything most efficiently, but present a different problem: how to choose between the places? Francis Russell has been travelling in Turkey for more than twenty years, and with the eighty three recommendations here he provides a fascinating and comprehensive itinerary. More interested in extant buildings than excavations, and favouring unexcavated sites over those where 'the hand of the archaeologist is officiously evident', from the lost classical world of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine sites, and the Armenian and Georgian churches which are offshoots of the same growth, to the great monuments of the Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations, from the much visited southern coast to the heartlands of Anatolia, Russell's deep understanding of the history and culture of the region, and his keen eye for detail, make him the most delightfully erudite of travelling companions.
Francis Russell was born in 1949 and educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. Since 1972, he has worked at Christie's. He has been associated, as a selector or cataloguer, with a number of exibitions, including Treasure Houses of Britain (Washington, The National Gallery of Art, 1985-1986). He contributes for specialised review to 'Apollo' and 'The Burlington Magazine', and has written Portraits of Sir Walter Scott (1987), John, 3rd Earl of Bute, Patron and Collector (2004) and 52 Italian Places: A Pocket Grand Tour (2007).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.2.2010 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 120 x 168 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Türkei |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7112-3061-7 / 0711230617 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7112-3061-3 / 9780711230613 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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