Twilight Cities
Autor Katherine Pangonisen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 iul 2023
A dazzling new history of the Mediterranean telling the interweaving stories of five forgotten ancient cities.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781474614115
ISBN-10: 1474614116
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 1 x 8 page colour inset
Dimensiuni: 159 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-10: 1474614116
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 1 x 8 page colour inset
Dimensiuni: 159 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Notă biografică
Katherine Pangonis is a historian specialising in the medieval world of the Mediterranean and Middle East. She holds MA degrees in literature and history from Oxford University and University College London. She has a particular interest in rewriting the voices of women into the historical narrative, re-examining understudied areas of history and bringing her findings into the public eye. Travel is central to her research process, and that is how she spends most of her time.
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WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD
Its name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here, history has blurred with legend. The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders and modern refugees.
Of the many cities that dot this ancient coastline, Tyre, Carthage, Syracuse, Ravenna and Antioch are among the oldest and most intriguing. All are beautifully situated, and for layers of history and cultural riches they are rivalled only by their sister cities of Rome, Istanbul and Jerusalem. Yet their fates have been remarkably different. Once major power centres, all five have declined into relative obscurity. Nevertheless, their entwined history takes in Alexander the Great, Nebuchadnezzar, Archimedes and the Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Norman conquests, and their greatness still lingers for those who seek it out.
To bring these mysterious lost capitals to life, historian Katherine Pangonis sets out on a voyage from the dawn of civilisation on the Lebanese coast to a modern-day Turkey wracked by the devastation of the 2023 earthquake. Combining on the ground research with spellbinding storytelling skills, here is a revelatory new story of the Mediterranean, and a powerful reflection on the sometimes fleeting glory of empires.
WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD
Its name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here, history has blurred with legend. The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders and modern refugees.
Of the many cities that dot this ancient coastline, Tyre, Carthage, Syracuse, Ravenna and Antioch are among the oldest and most intriguing. All are beautifully situated, and for layers of history and cultural riches they are rivalled only by their sister cities of Rome, Istanbul and Jerusalem. Yet their fates have been remarkably different. Once major power centres, all five have declined into relative obscurity. Nevertheless, their entwined history takes in Alexander the Great, Nebuchadnezzar, Archimedes and the Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Norman conquests, and their greatness still lingers for those who seek it out.
To bring these mysterious lost capitals to life, historian Katherine Pangonis sets out on a voyage from the dawn of civilisation on the Lebanese coast to a modern-day Turkey wracked by the devastation of the 2023 earthquake. Combining on the ground research with spellbinding storytelling skills, here is a revelatory new story of the Mediterranean, and a powerful reflection on the sometimes fleeting glory of empires.
Recenzii
Luminous . . . Both sophisticated and delightfully wide-ranging
Pangonis's combination of familiar and unfamiliar places is one of the great attractions of the book . . . This is a vividly written book to savour and enjoy, whether criss-crossing the Mediterranean or lounging in an armchair dreaming of it
An anecdote-stuffed tour of lost cities that ruled the ancient world, then collapsed . . . Pangonis writes in a lively style . . . she is an amiable literary travelling companion
Intriguing . . . breathtaking. The pace never lags. Pangonis is impeccably true to the reality of the time and place
Pangonis's combination of familiar and unfamiliar places is one of the great attractions of the book . . . This is a vividly written book to savour and enjoy, whether criss-crossing the Mediterranean or lounging in an armchair dreaming of it
An anecdote-stuffed tour of lost cities that ruled the ancient world, then collapsed . . . Pangonis writes in a lively style . . . she is an amiable literary travelling companion
Intriguing . . . breathtaking. The pace never lags. Pangonis is impeccably true to the reality of the time and place