Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact.
From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ot...
Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact.
From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was the very center of the world, known simply as "The City," but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a global story.
In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey from the Neolithic to the present, through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities--exploring the ways that Istanbul's influence has spun out to shape the wider world. Hughes investigates what it takes to make a city and tells the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the poor and the voiceless, of the women and men whose aspirations and dreams have continuously reinvented Istanbul.
Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative--narrative history at its finest.
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. Her previous books, Helen of Troy and The Hemlock Cup, were published to great critical acclaim and worldwide success. Hughes has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel, and ABC. She is a Research Fellow of King's College London ...
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. Her previous books, Helen of Troy and The Hemlock Cup, were published to great critical acclaim and worldwide success. Hughes has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel, and ABC. She is a Research Fellow of King's College London and has been honored with numerous awards including the Norton Medlicott Medal for History.
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1 有用 3.1415926 2018-02-14 05:39:21
虽然最后升华主题的时候关于人类本性对于cosmopolitan value的追求有点牵强附会，还是觉得写的好好的一本这个城市的纪念。很少有城市有这么宏大又包容的史诗感，从古罗马到ottoman，到如今在东西方之间寻找并强化turk身份的游离状态，好美的故事，人类社会的一步步演化，我们的傲慢与偏见，贪婪与虚荣，梦想与野心，所有的人性都在这里被激发展现。异域的背景下其实这座城市离我们并没有想象中那么远... 虽然最后升华主题的时候关于人类本性对于cosmopolitan value的追求有点牵强附会，还是觉得写的好好的一本这个城市的纪念。很少有城市有这么宏大又包容的史诗感，从古罗马到ottoman，到如今在东西方之间寻找并强化turk身份的游离状态，好美的故事，人类社会的一步步演化，我们的傲慢与偏见，贪婪与虚荣，梦想与野心，所有的人性都在这里被激发展现。异域的背景下其实这座城市离我们并没有想象中那么远。 (展开)
0 有用 章若昧 2022-04-29 18:27:01
古希腊罗马时的拜占庭、基督教君士坦丁堡、奥斯曼伊斯兰堡(Islambol)，一城三世宿命般须有其多元兼容的特质。当宙斯的基因链、特洛伊的城垣、伊阿宋的金羊毛传说萦徊此域，身负战略价值却无己方战略家的拜占庭，是雅典、斯巴达、波斯人的角力场。尤里安死后，太阳神不再安驻于此，吐语的泉水已绝，排除异教的统治者及其权力快速递嬗引发长久的动荡，基督的鲜血更无法弥合分裂的伤口。自1453年起，哈里发的呼吸之风，... 古希腊罗马时的拜占庭、基督教君士坦丁堡、奥斯曼伊斯兰堡(Islambol)，一城三世宿命般须有其多元兼容的特质。当宙斯的基因链、特洛伊的城垣、伊阿宋的金羊毛传说萦徊此域，身负战略价值却无己方战略家的拜占庭，是雅典、斯巴达、波斯人的角力场。尤里安死后，太阳神不再安驻于此，吐语的泉水已绝，排除异教的统治者及其权力快速递嬗引发长久的动荡，基督的鲜血更无法弥合分裂的伤口。自1453年起，哈里发的呼吸之风，延宕而成此城数百年间全盛风貌的灵魂，既无嗜血的恶行，也无旗鼓张扬的凯旋；由财宝、建筑、花园、陵寝、集市、贩奴、后宫交织出世俗欢愉巅峰的画锦；这里不再是幻想之城，却是他人幻想投射的集合，遂成文化产品的附会之源（如拜伦），实情却是梅毒、肺结核的弥散之所，胜似撒旦试探耶稣时，远眺下的权柄、荣华，应许之都。 (展开)
0 有用 chen 2019-07-13 09:24:06
还可以吧，编年式记叙伊斯坦布尔从多神国家到基督教国家，再到穆斯林国家的历史。信息比较丰富。
0 有用 CHEN 2020-03-06 15:03:42
1453年，西方世界就真正睡醒了，而且醒来以后的动作非常非常快。
0 有用 jiannvnv 2020-06-23 20:57:37
颜值高，有点厚，所以先放着慢慢读