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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes – review

after Greece became independent, “rather than sulking, the city chose to adapt”. Chapters are kept short and entertaining, broadly in chronological order, but with the author sidestepping to look at such diverse topics as “sex and eunuchs”, “the ...


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