Mark Mazower

Salonica, City of Ghosts

Christians, Muslims and Jews

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir under Nazi occupation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Perennial / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 021444
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780007120222
• ISBN-10: 0007120222
• Artikelnr.: 21110977

Autorenporträt

Mark Mazower is the author of 'Inside Hitler's Greece' (Yale), 'Dark Continent' (Penguin Press) and 'The Balkans' (Weidenfeld). He is professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Rezensionen

'A necessary masterpiece...a pleasure to read and curiously moreish.' Louis de Bernieres, The Times

'A tremendous book about a city unique not just in Europe, but in the entire history of humanity. Mazower...has done the old place proud...and has celebrated once and for all the mighty and fateful heritage of its citizens.' Jan Morris, Guardian

'[Mazower] sensitively analyses the internal debates and divisions which could be found within all the major communities.' Sunday Telegraph

'[Mazower] has produced a brilliant reconstruction of one of Europe's great meeting places between the three monotheistic faiths.' Economist

'Mazower is a formidable historian...He has produced a majestic work: the biography of a city, complete with soul and ichor.' Independent

'Enthralling...brilliant...tragic, hopeful, beautifully written.' Times Literary Supplement