Annie Brassey

Sunshine and Storm in the East

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A popular account of two voyages to Constantinople in a steam yacht, describing exotic locations and domestic life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9781108024624
• ISBN-10: 1108024629
• Artikelnr.: 32314038

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Constantinople
Ionian Islands (1874): 1. Our start - Ryde
Tangier
and Gibraltar; 2. Tetuan
Ceuta
and Sicily; 3. Athens
Greece
and the Archipelago; 4. Constantinople; 5. The Bosphorus and its palaces; 6. The Black Sea
Skutari
Broussa
harems; 7. Visits from Turkish ladies. Feast of Bairam. Walls and palaces of Constantinople; 8. The Sea of Marmora
Dardanelles
Smyrna
Ephesus
Chios
and Milo; 9. Zante
Ithaca
Cephalonia
Corfu
and Albania; 10. Paxos
Spartivento
Messina
and Naples; 11. Bastia
Nice
Paris
and home; Part II. Cyprus
Constantinople (1878): 1. Portsmouth
Brest
and Vigo; 2. Cadiz
Seville
and Gibraltar; 3. Oran and Cagliari; 4. Naples
Pompeii
Paestum
Capri
Messina
and Cyprus; 5. Island of Cyprus - Port Papho
Limasol
Larnaka; 6. Nikosia
Mathiati
and Famagousta; 7. Kyrenia
Morfu
Kikko
and Karavastasia; 8. Rhodes
Besika Bay
the Dardanelles; 9. Artaki Bay
English fleet
and Constantinople; 10. Adrianople; 11. Constantinople again
Gallipoli
Syra
and Milo; 12. Milo to Malea and Malta; 13. From Malta to Marseilles; 14. Home once more; Appendix; Index.