Neal Ascherson, a leading British scholar-journalist, writes for "The Independent "in London and "The New York Review of Books." He is the author of "Polish August "and "The Struggle for Poland," among other book. He lives in London
"A searching examination of the lands that ring the Black Sea and
that were the scenes of some of the most ancient multicultural
experiences of human history . . . rich both in historical data and
in interpretation . . . with something to learn on every page. With
ethnic conflicts much in the headlines, Mr. Ascherson's portrait of
a place whose chief characteristic is the durability of its many
ethnic identities comes at the right moment."--Richard Bernstein,
"The New York Times "
"History and time and place flow together [in this] superb,
encompassing story of the Black Sea region."--Mary Lee Settle," Los
Angeles Times"
"To say it at once: this is a superb book, beautifully written,
evocative, learned, and deeply subtle."--Timothy Garton Ash, " The
Times Literary Supplement"
"A beautifully written meditation on nationality, colonialism,
nomadism and the settled life, which goes back to the beginning of
the human world and traces the fortunes of the Aegean and
Mediterranean traders who squeezed up through the Bosporus to do
business with the steppe societies of the huge Black Sea
hinterland."--Karl Miller, " San Francisco Review of Books"
"Brimming with . . . urgent argument: about culture, national
identity, the misuse of history, archaeology, the co-existence of
different peoples, the responsibility of intellectuals . . . not a
boring or badly written paragraph in it."--Noel Malcolm, """The
Sunday Telegraph "
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