Istanbul. The Imperial City

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Viking
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1996
Edition: First Edition

Description: 414 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This is a biography of the city originally known as Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and now called Istanbul. With a population of 10 million, its the largest city in Turkey, adorned with splendid monuments of both Ottoman and Byzantium empires. This book gives an account of the citys history from the time of its founding up to the present day along with notes on the monuments that have survived from the successive epochs of its past. Its a biography rather than a political or architectural city with the emphasis on the life of the people and of the city.

ISBN: 9780670859726