'Levant' is a book of cities. It describes the role of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut as windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. By their mix of races and religions, they challenge stereotypes.
'Levant' is a book of cities. It describes the role of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut as windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, ...
Weddingelegant prose withimpeccable historical research, this highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital of Constantinoplethe city of the world's desireand its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning an Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last Caliph hurriedly left on the Orient Express. For almost five centuries Constantinople, with its enormous racial and cultural diversity, was the center of the dramatic and often depraved story of an...
Weddingelegant prose withimpeccable historical research, this highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmop...
Elegant and elegiac, Aleppo is a precious monument to a once-splendid city thathas been reduced to abject ruin and misery' - Justin Marozzi, The Spectator
Elegant and elegiac, Aleppo is a precious monument to a once-splendid city thathas been reduced to abject ruin and misery' - Justin Marozzi, The Spect...
