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In Search of Constantinople: A Guide to Byzantine Istanbul

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This guidebook doesn't say a word about where to sleep in Istanbul, what to eat, or what to buy. And yet, it's a must-have. Sergei Ivanov, a specialist in the history and culture of Byzantium, invites the reader to take a double journey - in space and in time. The book will take you along the streets of Istanbul to the remains of Constantinople, which still preserve the memory of its greatness, beauty, and diversity. Despite the indifference of the Turkish authorities to these unique monuments, they can still tell a lot to an attentive observer - dramatic and sad, funny and touching stories, full of adventures. The pages of the guidebook will resurrect the City before your eyes as if it had never disappeared: they will take you through palaces, monasteries, hospitals and schools, introduce you to emperors and patriarchs, commanders and eunuchs, merchants and artisans, saints and harlots, and draw you into the whirlpool of stormy and eventful life that once boiled in the capital of the great empire.
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