Table of Contents

URUK Margarete Van Ess * MOHENJO-DARO Robin Coningham * MEMPHIS Ian Shaw * THEBES Bill Manley * HATTUSA Trevor Bryce * BABYLON Joan Oates * NINEVEH Julian Reade * CARTHAGE Henry Hurst * ATHENS Bettany Hughes * LINZI W. J. F. Jenner * ALEXANDRIA Alan B. lloyd * MEROË Robert Morkot * JERUSALEM Martin Goodman * ROME Nigel Pollard * TEOTIHUACAN Susan Toby Evans * TIKAL Simon Martin * CONSTANTINOPLE John Julius Norwich * MECCA Doris Benrens-Abouseif * DAMASCUS Barnaby Rogerson * CHANG’AN Victor C. Xiong BAGHDAD Doris Benrens-Abouseif * CÓRDOBA Doris Benrens-Abouseif * ANGKOR Michael D. Coe * PALERMO John Julius Norwich * CAIRO Doris Benrens-Abouseif * SAMARKAND Colin Thubron * PARIS Chris Jones * LÜBECK William L. Urban * KRAKÓW Adam Zamoyski * VENICE John Julius Norwich * FLORENCE Charles Fitzroy * BENIN Patrick Darling * TIMBUKTU Barnaby Rogerson * CUZCO Brian S. Bauer * TENOCHTITLAN Susan Toby Evans LISBON Malyn Newitt * ROME Charles Fitzroy * ISTANBUL Jason Goodwin * AGRA Ebba Koch * ISFAHAN Stephen P. Blake * BEIJING Frances Wood * KYOTO Lesley Downer * PRAGUE Colin Amery * AMSTERDAM Simon Schama MEXICO CITY Felipe Fernandez-Armesto * LONDON A. N. Wilson * STOCKHOLM Charles Fitzroy * DUBLIN Thomas Pakenham * COPENHAGEN Colin Amery * ST PETERSBURG Colin Amery * VIENNA Misha Glenny * EDINBURGH Magnus Linklater * MOSCOW Orlando Figes * PARIS Philip Mansel * LONDON A. N. Wilson * BUDAPEST * Misha Glenny * MONTREAL Rory Maclean * WASHINGTON DC Simon Schama * BARCELONA Felipe Fernandez-Armesto NEW DELHI Jane Ridley * BERLIN Rory Maclean * CHICAGO James Cuno * LOS ANGELES Kevin Starr * BUENOS AIRES Felipe Fernandez-Armesto * SINGAPORE John Keay * NEW YORK Jan Morris & Alexander Bloom * SÃO PAULO Elizabeth Johnson * SYDNEY Elizabeth Farrelly * TOKYO Lesley Downer * SHANGHAI John Gittings

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A portrait of world civilization told through the stories of 70 of the world’s greatest cities, from Angkor to Shanghai, from Alexandria to Sydney

About the Author

John Julius Norwich is the author of magisterial histories of Norman Sicily, the republic of Venice and the Byzantine empire. He has also written widely on architecture and music, and has presented some 30 BBC television historical documentaries. He is Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund and of the World Monuments Fund in Britain.

Reviews

'One couldn’t really ask for better people to open windows of insight on this fascinating and urgent topic' - Condé Nast Traveller

'The history of cities is a history of civilization and such histories do not usually come so clear, so concise, so accessible and so entertaining as this' - The Art Book

'An extravaganza … a terrific line-up of writers, and some superb illustrations' - Times Literary Supplement