Children of Achilles

Informationen zum Autor John Freely was born in New York and joined the US Navy at the age of seventeen! serving with a commando unit in Burma and China during the last years of World War II. He has lived in New York! Boston! London! Athens and Istanbul and has written over forty travel books and guides! most of them about Greece and Turkey. He is author of The Grand Turk! Storm on Horseback! The Cyclades! The Ionian Islands (all I.B.Tauris)! Crete! The Western Shores of Turkey! Strolling through Athens! Strolling through Venice (all Tauris Parke Paperbacks) and the bestselling Strolling Through Istanbul. Klappentext Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. This title tells the tragic story of the Greek presence in Anatolia! beginning with the Trojan War and culminating in 1923 with the devastating population exchange that followed the Turkish War of Independence. Zusammenfassung Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. This title tells the tragic story of the Greek presence in Anatolia! beginning with the Trojan War and culminating in 1923 with the devastating population exchange that followed the Turkish War of Independence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Freely
• Editore: Tauris, I.B.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.11.2009
• EAN: 9781845119416
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-941-6
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 243 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Türkei, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte