TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fidler,Richard (Australian)
TI  - Ghost empire: a journey to the legendary Constantinople 
SN  - 9781681775111
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Pegasus Books
KW  - Fidler, Richard.
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey)
KW  - History
KW  - To 1453
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Travel writing
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-470) and index; Radiant city -- Rome to Byzantium -- The deep state -- Persian nightmares -- Children of Ishmael -- Uncreated light -- The starlit Golden Bough -- The fourth crusade -- End of days -- A thing not of this world -- The artifice of eternity
N2  - "In a true voyage of discovery, Richard Fidler and his son, Joe, make a journey to Istanbul. Fired by Richard's passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire--centered around the legendary Constantinople--we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilizations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge lust, murder."--Jacket flap
ER  -