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Across the Hellespont: A Literary Guide to Turkey
Across the Hellespont A Literary Guide to Turkey Author:Richard Stoneman From Herodotus to Freya Stark, writers have been inspired by Turkey, a varied country at the crossroads of history, for millennia. Here, Richard Stoneman describes in lively detail the remarkable literature they produced. At a time when Turkey?s position on the fringe may be set to change to a deeper involvement in Europe, the need to understand... more » the country is even more compelling. The range of travel writing represented in this book shows how, while political circumstances may change, the lure of Turkey remains constant.« less