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  • Constantinople

    City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924

    by Philip Mansel ...
    Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital of Constantinople - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family.In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning an Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last Caliph hurriedly left on the Orient Express. For ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Aleppo

    The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City

    by Philip Mansel ...
    Every time gardens welcomed us, we said to them,Aleppo is our aim and you are merely the route.'Al-MutanabbiAleppo lies in ruins. Its streets are plunged in darkness, most of its population has fled. But this was once a vibrant world city, where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived and traded together in peace. Few places are as ancient and diverse as Aleppo – one of the oldest, continuously ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Eagle in Splendour

    Inside the Court of Napoleon

    by Philip Mansel ...
    "When I think of the great Emperor, in my mind's eye it is summer again, all gold and green." Heine The court of Napoleon I, in its grandeur and extravagance, surpassed even that of that the Sun King. Napoleon's palaces at Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries were the centres of his power, the dazzling reflection of the greatest empire in modern European history. Napoleon's military conquests changed the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Sun King

    by Nancy Mitford ...
    A “devastatingly witty” biography of Louis XIV and the Court of Versailles—at once a historical record of late 17th- and early 18th-century France and a gossip-filled narrative of lovers and rivals, artists and warriors (New York Times)The Sun King is a dazzling double portrait of Louis XIV and Versailles, the opulent court from which he ruled. With characteristic élan, Nancy Mitford reconstructs ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • King of the World

    The Life of Louis XIV

    by Philip Mansel ...
    Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close.Philip Mansel’s King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography in English of this hypnotic, flawed figure who continues to captivate our attention. This lively work takes Louis outside Versailles and shows ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean

    by Philip Mansel ...

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

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