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Description"A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, and invasion that is the one-thousand year story of Constantinople. A truly marvelous book." --Simon Winchester Ghost Empire is a rare treasure--an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, narrated by a master storyteller. The story is a revelation: a beautifully written ode to a lost civilization combined with a warmly observed father-son adventure far from home. Reviews"This was such an unexpected joy - instead of a dry and dusty catalogue of people and places, Richard Fidler takes us through a thousand-year collection of personalities and relationships, presented with the colour and vibrancy of a madcap extended family as if to some naive newcomer at a wedding. I had to ration out the last few chapters ten and twenty pages at a time because I didn't want this book to end!" --- Adam (staff) |