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1、ThelateHilarySumner-BoydwasprofessorofhumanitiesatRobertCollege,BosphorusUniversity.Hismagisterialwork,TheSevenHillsofConstantinople:AStudyoftheByzantineandTurkishMonumentsoftheCity,wasunpublishedatthetimeofhisdeathin1977andisnowbeingpreparedforpublicationbyBosphorusUniversityPress.JohnFreelyw
2、asborninNewYorkandjoinedtheUSNavyattheageofseventeenforthelasttwoyearsofWorldWarII.HehaslivedinNewYork,Boston,London,AthensandIstanbulandhaswrittenoverfortytravelbooksandguides,mostofthemaboutGreeceandTurkey.HeisauthorofTheGrandTurk,StormonHorseback,TheCyclades,TheIonianIslands(allI.B.Tauris),
3、Crete,TheWesternShoresofTurkey,StrollingthroughAthensandStrollingthroughVenice(allTaurisParkePaperbacks).HeiscurrentlyprofessorofphysicsatBosphorusUniversityinIstanbul.StrollingThroughIstanbulTEXT.indd125/6/0913:43:33PraiseforJohnFreelyStrollingthroughAthens‘Amagnificentwalkingguidetothecity..
4、.Hisknowledgeisencyclopaedic...hebringsthemillenniumsofhistoryalive.Ifyouwantaculturalguidetotheancientcity,thisistheoneforyou.’AnthonySattin,‘BooksoftheWeek’,SundayTimesTheWesternShoresofTurkey‘...Enchantingguide...aworkofgenuinescholarship,lightlywornandcharminglyconveyed.Ifellinlovewiththeb
5、ookandstayedenamoureduntilthefinalpage.’PaulBailey,SundayTimesInsidetheSeraglio‘Freelyprovidesafascinating,easy-to-followoverview,beauti-fullyresearchedandrivetinginitsdetail.’ChristopherFowler,IndependentonSundayTaurisParkePaperbacksisanimprintofI.B.Tauris.Itisdedicatedtopublishingbooksinacce
6、ssiblepaperbackeditionsfortheseriousgeneralreaderwithinawiderangeofcategories,includingbiography,history,travelandtheancientworld.Thelistincludesselect,criticallyacclaimedworksoftopqualitywritingbydistinguishedauthorsthatcontinuetochallenge,toinformandtoinspire.Thesearebooksthatpossessthosesub
7、tlebutintrinsicelementsthatmarkthemoutassomethingexceptional.TheColophonofTaurisParkePaperbacksisarepresentationoftheancientEgyptianibis,sacredtothegodThoth,whowashimselfoftendepictedintheformofthismostelegantofbirds.Thothwascreditedina