Levant : Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean

Levant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. Using unpublished family papers, Philip Mansel describes their colourful, contradictory history, from the beginning of the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century to their decline in the mid twentieth century. Smyrna was burnt; Alexandria Egyptianised; Beirut lacerated by civil war.Author: Mansel, Philip,author Contributors: Mansel, Philip,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Published/Release Date: 29 Sep 2011 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: John Murray Press Author/Director/Artist: Philip Mansel Dimension (cm): 198x131x31 mm Package Dimension (cm): 32x196x126 mm Item Weight (g): 350 Package Weight (g): 340