A BYZANTINE JOURNEY

By JOHN ASH

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A high point of civilization and artistic accomplishment, the Byzantine Empire has also been the object of great misunderstanding and prejudice. This is a portrayal of its cultural history, focusing on its surreal landscapes and fantastic monuments. The book starts in Istanbul and crosses the Sea of Marmora to travel through Anatolia, the region of Asiatic Turkey which was the source of the Empire's wealth and manpower. John Ash finds his way through a country of anachronisms and contrasts, of bloody feuds and frescoed cave-churches, of saints and sinners, of emperoand sultans. The book introduces the reader to an exotic cast of characters, including the impassioned aesthete Theophilus, the great mystical poet Rumi, the bishop and necromancer Theodore Santabarenos and the drde4Empress Theophanous.

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Book Details

ISBN: 1845113071
Categories:
Ad, Fresh New Books Sep 3, 2026, All Products, History, Non Fiction
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2006
Number of Pages: 330
Author:
JOHN ASH
Publisher: I B TAURIS CO LTD
Language: English
Weight: 0.4 g

About the Author

John Ash,who was born in Manchester in 1948, graduated from the University of Birmingham. He is an acclaimed poet and writer and has won a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Ingram Merrill Grant, a Whiting Foundation WriteAward and an Anne and Erlo Van Wavered Foundation Award. He currently lives and works in Istanbul.