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A History of the Royal Navy: Napoleonic Wars

A History of the Royal Navy: Napoleonic Wars

Robson, Martin

I. B. Tauris

The Royal Navy was a key player in the wider wars and, for Britain, the key factor in her eventual emergence as the only naval power capable of sustained global hegemony. The most iconic battles of any era were fought at sea during these years - from the Battle of the Nile in 1798 to ...

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Crete: Discovering the 'Great Island'

Crete: Discovering the 'Great Island'

Freely, John

I. B. Tauris

It has been home to such figures as the legendary King Minos, El Greco and Nikos Kazantzakis. In myth, it is associated with Daedalus and Icarus and the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Today it is one of the most popular destinations in Greece, its visitors lured by the promise of spectacular beaches and ...

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The Ionian Islands: Corfu, Cephalonia and Beyond

The Ionian Islands: Corfu, Cephalonia and Beyond

Freely, John

I. B. Tauris

Rising from the waters between Greece and Italy, the Ionians - peaks of an underwater mountain range - are some of the most culturally, historically and mythologically rich in all Greece. Consisting of Corfu, Paxos, Ithaka, Lefkas, Cephalonia, Zakynthos and Kythera, they have been variously invaded and occupied by the Goths, Arabs, Normans, Venetians, British, ...

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An Island in Greece: On the Shores of Skopelos

An Island in Greece: On the Shores of Skopelos

Carroll, Michael J.

I. B. Tauris

Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as 'the gates of the wind'. It was to this unspoilt archipelago that Michael Carroll sailed Astarte, a boat of sleek mahogany with wine-red sails, named after the Phoenician goddess of the moon and ...

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Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy

Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy

Douglas, Norman

I. B. Tauris

Norman Douglas, one of the 20th century's great travellers in Italy, was for most of his life inextricably, passionately, connected to the Bay of Naples. This breathtaking sweep of sea and coastline - dominated by Vesuvius and with Pozzuoli and Sorrento standing sentinel - was Douglas' first experience of Italy. It was here, on the ...

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The Glorious Adventure: Through the Mediterranean in the Wake of Odysseus

The Glorious Adventure: Through the Mediterranean in the Wake of Odysseus

Halliburton, Richard

I. B. Tauris

It was perhaps inevitable that Richard Halliburton, such a romantic, imaginative wanderer, would follow in the footsteps of another legendary traveller - Odysseus. Halliburton's second book, The Glorious Adventure describes his journey through the Mediterranean in the shadow of his mythical hero. In Greece, Halliburton charged Mount Olympus 'in order to visit the gods that ...

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Falling for Icarus: A Journey Among the Cretans

Falling for Icarus: A Journey Among the Cretans

Maclean, Rory

I. B. Tauris

On a windy spring morning in an ancient Cretan village, Rory MacLean fell to earth. His mother had died a few months earlier and a single obsession had risen from his grief: the notion to build a feather-light flying machine. And so, on the island where Daedalus and Icarus had made mankind's maiden flight, MacLean ...

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South from Ephesus: Travels Through Aegean Turkey

South from Ephesus: Travels Through Aegean Turkey

Sewell, Brian

I. B. Tauris

Weary of what he called the "tyranny" of western art, Brian Sewell first visited Turkey - a country that had captivated him since he was a boy - in 1975. He thought that there, anything he found would have no relevance to the European art that he had so compulsively "stitched into the dense fabric ...

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A Travel Guide to Homer: On the Trail of Odysseus Through Turkey and the Mediterranean

A Travel Guide to Homer: On the Trail of Odysseus Through Turkey and the Mediterranean

Freely, John

I. B. Tauris

In October 1945 at the age of 19, John Freely passed the southernmost tip of Crete on his way home from the war in China, just as Odysseus did on his homeward voyage from the battle of Troy. He has been bewitched by Homer and the lands of Homer's epics ever since As the culmination ...

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The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers

The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers

Jones, Ted

I. B. Tauris

The sunlight and calm of the French Riviera have been a magnet for writers since the fourteenth century. The Cote d'Azur has provided the inspiration and setting for some of the greatest literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers" is a reader's journey along this fabled coast, ...

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Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers

Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers

Edwards, Andrew; Edwards, Suzane

I. B. Tauris

Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. A bounty prized by invaders from the Greeks, Romans and Vandals to the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Sicily's violently beautiful landscapes are haunted by a vibrant mix of cultures and her soil has always been fertile ...

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Alexandria: A History and Guide

Alexandria: A History and Guide

Foster. E.M.

I. B. Tauris

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