{"product_id":"istanbul-a-tale-of-three-cities","title":"Istanbul : A Tale of Three Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu'ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between the East and West, it has served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman Empires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor much of its history it was known simply as The City, but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities. As the longest-lived political entity in Europe, over the last 6,000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the core.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hellenic Bookservice","offers":[{"title":"Second hand","offer_id":56514569732475,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/6862\/0411\/files\/InstanbulHughes.jpg?v=1792419951","url":"https:\/\/hellenic-books.com\/products\/istanbul-a-tale-of-three-cities","provider":"Hellenic Bookservice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}