Athens: A Cultural and Literary History
Cities of the Imagination
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This travel guide-cum-history by a former British ambassador to Greece/historian who lives in Athens focuses mainly on the city that became the modern capital in 1834. But as the Olympics exemplify, the past is part of its present. Smith includes pen-and-ink illustrations rather than the usual tourist photos, a glossary of Greek terms, and places
Category: Travel Literature
Code: 10406
ISBN:
9781566565400
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
257
Publication Date:
2004
Publisher:
Interlink Books
Published In:
USA
Language:
English