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Best Istanbul Travel Guides

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Istanbul
With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Istanbul truly shows you this city as no one else can. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide. "Known… for its four-color maps, photos and illustrations, the [DK] Eyewitness Guides are extremely user-friendly for travelers who want their information delivered in a concise, visual way."
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"DK guides are just “the” best all-around guidebooks around."
"The guide to public transportation for each destination is not always clear and easy to follow."
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Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
One of Time’s 12 Books for the History Buffs on Your Holiday Gift List The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present. From its ancient past to the present, we meet the city through its ordinary citizens--the Jews, Muslims, Italians, Greeks, and Russians who used the famous baths and walked the bazaars--and the rulers who built it up and then destroyed it, including Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the man who christened the city "Istanbul" in 1930. [Madden is] a skilled narrator, negotiating the twists and turns in the city’s destiny.”. — The Economist “A natural teacher, Madden packs most of the city’s past into a short, readable volume in which each era is brought alive by punchy anecdotes with vivid sketches of people and locations.”. — The Economist's 1843 magazine. “Condensing Istanbul’s history in a single volume is a daunting challenge; the book is a great success, and one with no lack of drama. Even the careless reader will be much enlightened by the book, as good an introduction to Istanbul and its splendors as one could hope to have.”. — National Review “A major 'biography' of a city at the center of the world, Madden documents the history of the place that has been home to Greeks and Ottomans, Muslims and Jews, the ancient world and the society of the future.”. — Time. Madden succinctly captures the city’s often key role in global political and religious history.”. — Publishers Weekly “No place has had a better claim than Istanbul to being the historical center of our planet—capital to multiple empires, a focal point of Christianity and Islam, and now a global transport and commercial hub. Writing with verve and sympathy, Thomas F. Madden weaves scholarship, travel, and literature into a compelling narrative of crushing loss and unexpected renewal.”. — Charles King, author of Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul. Istanbul takes us on a wild ride through a landscape populated by explorers, lascivious empresses, popes, crusaders, conquerors, and sultans.
Reviews
"Thomas Madden walks the reader through numerous Byzantine plots that bring real meaning to the term."
"Because of the vast scope of time it exhibits a somewhat episodic character focusing on the main events."
"I have a great interest in Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, as well an interest in the history of cities."
"I bought this for my husband for Xmas."
"(Thank you Mr. Madden and your publisher Penguin Random House for doing the Ottomans justice by giving an accurate portrayal of their history— a rare find these days sadly!). He also gives a wonderful introduction into Modern Turkey, beginning with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the incredible hero who galvanized the nation and formed a constitutional republic after the First World War— the first in the Muslim world."
"Because Istanbul really was at a crossroads of the world, many threads make up its history: Greece, Alexander, Rome, Europe, Venice and of course the Ottomans."
"This is an excellent portrayal of one of the world's most significant cities from the time it was first settled, and it highlights its role throughout the times of the various empires/world powers."
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Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
One of Time’s 12 Books for the History Buffs on Your Holiday Gift List The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present. From its ancient past to the present, we meet the city through its ordinary citizens--the Jews, Muslims, Italians, Greeks, and Russians who used the famous baths and walked the bazaars--and the rulers who built it up and then destroyed it, including Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the man who christened the city "Istanbul" in 1930. [Madden is] a skilled narrator, negotiating the twists and turns in the city’s destiny.”. — The Economist “A natural teacher, Madden packs most of the city’s past into a short, readable volume in which each era is brought alive by punchy anecdotes with vivid sketches of people and locations.”. — The Economist's 1843 magazine. “Condensing Istanbul’s history in a single volume is a daunting challenge; the book is a great success, and one with no lack of drama. Even the careless reader will be much enlightened by the book, as good an introduction to Istanbul and its splendors as one could hope to have.”. — National Review “A major 'biography' of a city at the center of the world, Madden documents the history of the place that has been home to Greeks and Ottomans, Muslims and Jews, the ancient world and the society of the future.”. — Time. Madden succinctly captures the city’s often key role in global political and religious history.”. — Publishers Weekly “No place has had a better claim than Istanbul to being the historical center of our planet—capital to multiple empires, a focal point of Christianity and Islam, and now a global transport and commercial hub. Writing with verve and sympathy, Thomas F. Madden weaves scholarship, travel, and literature into a compelling narrative of crushing loss and unexpected renewal.”. — Charles King, author of Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul. Istanbul takes us on a wild ride through a landscape populated by explorers, lascivious empresses, popes, crusaders, conquerors, and sultans.
Reviews
"Thomas Madden walks the reader through numerous Byzantine plots that bring real meaning to the term."
"Because of the vast scope of time it exhibits a somewhat episodic character focusing on the main events."
"I have a great interest in Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, as well an interest in the history of cities."
"I bought this for my husband for Xmas."
"(Thank you Mr. Madden and your publisher Penguin Random House for doing the Ottomans justice by giving an accurate portrayal of their history— a rare find these days sadly!). He also gives a wonderful introduction into Modern Turkey, beginning with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the incredible hero who galvanized the nation and formed a constitutional republic after the First World War— the first in the Muslim world."
"Because Istanbul really was at a crossroads of the world, many threads make up its history: Greece, Alexander, Rome, Europe, Venice and of course the Ottomans."
"This is an excellent portrayal of one of the world's most significant cities from the time it was first settled, and it highlights its role throughout the times of the various empires/world powers."
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Best General Turkey Travel Guides

Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
One of Time’s 12 Books for the History Buffs on Your Holiday Gift List The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present. From its ancient past to the present, we meet the city through its ordinary citizens--the Jews, Muslims, Italians, Greeks, and Russians who used the famous baths and walked the bazaars--and the rulers who built it up and then destroyed it, including Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the man who christened the city "Istanbul" in 1930. [Madden is] a skilled narrator, negotiating the twists and turns in the city’s destiny.”. — The Economist “A natural teacher, Madden packs most of the city’s past into a short, readable volume in which each era is brought alive by punchy anecdotes with vivid sketches of people and locations.”. — The Economist's 1843 magazine. “Condensing Istanbul’s history in a single volume is a daunting challenge; the book is a great success, and one with no lack of drama. Even the careless reader will be much enlightened by the book, as good an introduction to Istanbul and its splendors as one could hope to have.”. — National Review “A major 'biography' of a city at the center of the world, Madden documents the history of the place that has been home to Greeks and Ottomans, Muslims and Jews, the ancient world and the society of the future.”. — Time. Madden succinctly captures the city’s often key role in global political and religious history.”. — Publishers Weekly “No place has had a better claim than Istanbul to being the historical center of our planet—capital to multiple empires, a focal point of Christianity and Islam, and now a global transport and commercial hub. Writing with verve and sympathy, Thomas F. Madden weaves scholarship, travel, and literature into a compelling narrative of crushing loss and unexpected renewal.”. — Charles King, author of Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul. Istanbul takes us on a wild ride through a landscape populated by explorers, lascivious empresses, popes, crusaders, conquerors, and sultans.
Reviews
"Thomas Madden walks the reader through numerous Byzantine plots that bring real meaning to the term."
"Because of the vast scope of time it exhibits a somewhat episodic character focusing on the main events."
"I have a great interest in Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, as well an interest in the history of cities."
"I bought this for my husband for Xmas."
"(Thank you Mr. Madden and your publisher Penguin Random House for doing the Ottomans justice by giving an accurate portrayal of their history— a rare find these days sadly!). He also gives a wonderful introduction into Modern Turkey, beginning with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the incredible hero who galvanized the nation and formed a constitutional republic after the First World War— the first in the Muslim world."
"Because Istanbul really was at a crossroads of the world, many threads make up its history: Greece, Alexander, Rome, Europe, Venice and of course the Ottomans."
"This is an excellent portrayal of one of the world's most significant cities from the time it was first settled, and it highlights its role throughout the times of the various empires/world powers."
Find Best Price at Amazon