Black Sea
Coasts and Conquests: From Pericles to Putin
$28.11
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2015
Summary
An acclaimed, award-winning book on a fascinating subject, recently revised and updated by the author.
Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea.
Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid’s place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byz…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784700911 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784700916 |
| Author: | Neal Ascherson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | Revised edition |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 247g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
A brilliant biography of place. The complex social, ethnic and extraordinary ecological histories of this region - combined with vivid anecdotes and encounters - provide the background for stimulating reflections * Guardian *
Must certainly be among the year’s most memorable non-fiction books * Financial Times *
A scholarly desktop travel through lost worlds * The Times *
A genuinely compelling book: erudite, original, beautifully written * Literary Review *
About The Author
Neal Ascherson
Neal Ascherson was born in Edinburgh. He reported from Asia, Africa and Central Europe for the Observer, where he later began a celebrated weekly column in the Independent on Sunday. Journalist of the year in 1986, Ascherson’s books include Games with Shadows, The Polish August and The King Incorporated. Black Sea was joint winner of the 1995 Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award.
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