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Author De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908, author.

Title Constantinople / Edmondo De Amicis ; translated by Stephen Parkin ; foreword by Umberto Eco ; with engravings by Cesare Biseo.

Publication Info. Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2013.
©2005

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Description 1 online resource
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Contents Foreword by Umberto Eco; Introduction; Constantinople; Note on the Illustrations; Notes; Glossary.
Summary A remarkable nineteenth-century account of Istanbul - which begins with a dazzling description of the city gradually appearing through the fog as the author's ship approaches the harbour - Constantinople expertly combines personal anecdote, breathtaking visual observation and entertaining historical information.
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Subject Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History.
TRAVEL -- Europe -- General.
Travel.
Turkey -- Istanbul.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Parkin, Stephen, translator.
Eco, Umberto.
Biseo, Cesare, 1843-1909, illustrator.
Added Title Costantinopoli. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008082425
Other Form: Print version: 9781847492661 1847492665 (OCoLC)828418398
ISBN 9780714545561 (electronic book)
0714545562 (electronic book)
9781847492661
1847492665