 
			 
				Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact.
From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was the very center of the world, known simply as "The City," but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a global story.
In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey from the Neolithic to the present, through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities--exploring the ways that Istanbul's influence has spun out to shape the wider world. Hughes investigates what it takes to make a city and tells the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the poor and the voiceless, of the women and men whose aspirations and dreams have continuously reinvented Istanbul.
Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative--narrative history at its finest.
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. Her previous books, Helen of Troy and The Hemlock Cup, were published to great critical acclaim and worldwide success. Hughes has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel, and ABC. She is a Research Fellow of King's College London and has been honored with numerous awards including the Norton Medlicott Medal for History.
晶报2020.1.02刊登,约5200字。 每座都市都有历史与记忆。只是,有谁会像它那样,拥有一体三面:伊斯坦布尔、君士坦丁堡,拜占庭。 在古典时代,它是拜占庭,古希腊的殖民城市,西方文明的源头之一。公元330年,罗马皇帝君士坦丁迁都于此,更名君士坦丁堡。395年,东、西罗马分...
评分324年,君士坦丁大帝决定迁都。出乎意料的是,他没有选择自己的出生地尼斯(今南斯拉夫东部),而是选择了已沦落为“小渔村”的拜占庭城。为此,君士坦丁大帝编造了一个神话——夜宿拜占庭城时,梦见一位年迈的老婆婆突然变成美少女,她就是拜占庭的保护神。 从考古看,早在公...
评分晶报2020.1.02刊登,约5200字。 每座都市都有历史与记忆。只是,有谁会像它那样,拥有一体三面:伊斯坦布尔、君士坦丁堡,拜占庭。 在古典时代,它是拜占庭,古希腊的殖民城市,西方文明的源头之一。公元330年,罗马皇帝君士坦丁迁都于此,更名君士坦丁堡。395年,东、西罗马分...
评分伊斯坦布尔是座历史悠久的古老城市。历史上它还曾有过两个让人难忘的名称:拜占庭、君士坦丁堡,以及多个响亮的别名:“诸城之首”、“举世倾羡之城”、上帝之城、 新罗马、新耶路撒冷、安拉的永恒之城……所有名字的都在讲述着它的不平凡。《伊斯坦布尔三城记》的作者贝塔妮...
评分如果让作家为城市代言,伊斯坦布尔最广为人知的代言人或是帕慕克。寻访帕慕克的伊斯坦布尔,不止于旅游手册里的海景、教堂、清真寺,还能欣赏细密画、啜饮小贩的钵扎、参观纯真博物馆。因细节而爱上一座城,会不会仍然失之主观呢? 在贝塔尼·休斯的《伊斯坦布尔三城记》卷首,...
君士坦丁堡、伊斯坦布尔,历经三个文明,见证了人性与宗教的起落,没去时想她,离开后想她。
评分1453年,西方世界就真正睡醒了,而且醒来以后的动作非常非常快。
评分这几个月读过最厚的书。惭愧地说是一周“啃完”式的阅读体验,体量和内容深度对于门外汉都有点疲惫。但so great to get well informed。Istanbul已加入旅行清单。
评分这几个月读过最厚的书。惭愧地说是一周“啃完”式的阅读体验,体量和内容深度对于门外汉都有点疲惫。但so great to get well informed。Istanbul已加入旅行清单。
评分还可以吧,编年式记叙伊斯坦布尔从多神国家到基督教国家,再到穆斯林国家的历史。信息比较丰富。
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