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From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes 'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' Guardian Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination. Now only the great pyramid remains fully standing, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonders still enthral us today. In a thrilling, colourful narrative enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes walks through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create, why we choose to remember the wonder of others. She explores traces of the Wonders themselves, and the traces they have left in history. A magisterial work of historical storytelling, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World reinforces the exciting and nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen.

A vivid history of the ancient goddess Venus by the bestselling historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes

Eine historische Reise in eine Stadt mit drei Namen, die über Jahrtausende nichts an Macht und Magie eingebüßt hat und deren Einfluss unsere Welt bis heute prägt. Packende und epische Geschichtsschreibung. In dieser umfassenden neuen Biographie nimmt Hughes uns auf ein überwältigendes historisches Abenteuer mit: von der Jungsteinzeit bis zur Gegenwart, durch die vielen Facetten einer der großartigsten Städte der Welt. Farbig und mit großer Erzählkunst schildert sie, wie Istanbul – die älteste politische Einheit zwischen Ost und West – in den letzten 6000 Jahren ein Mosaik aus Mikrostädten und Kulturen in sich aufgenommen hat. Hughes geht der Frage nach, was eine kosmopolitische Stadt ausmacht, und sie erzählt dabei nicht nur die Geschichte von Kaisern, Wesiren, Kalifen und Sultanen, sondern auch diejenige der Armen, der einfachen Menschen ohne Stimme – von den Frauen und Männern, deren Sehnsüchte und Träume Istanbul immer wieder neu erfunden haben. Das fesselnde, epochenübergreifende Porträt einer einzigartigen pulsierenden Metropole und ihrer Menschen. Packende, direkte, gelehrt erzählende Geschichtsschreibung, die unser Verständnis der modernen Türkei revolutioniert.

Istanbul serves as a gateway between East and West, renowned as one of the greatest cities globally. Formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, it uniquely spans two continents, divided by the Bosphorus Strait. Throughout its extensive history, it has been the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. The city's architecture showcases its diverse cultural heritage, featuring landmarks like the Hagia Sophia (Byzantine), the Blue Mosque (Ottoman), the Valens Aqueduct (Roman), and the Topkapi Palace (Ottoman), alongside modern Art Nouveau avenues, many recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites. Following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, Ankara became the capital, leading to Istanbul being somewhat overlooked. However, over the past 90 years, the city has transformed significantly, especially in the 1970s when its population surged as people flocked for work, establishing it as Turkey's cultural, economic, and financial hub. Recent events have once again placed Istanbul in the global spotlight. While writing this narrative, the author experienced the turmoil of Taksim Square firsthand with her daughters. This rich portrait of a multifaceted city has been over a decade in the making, offering a visceral and immediate account of its vibrant history.

For close to three thousand years, Helen of Troy has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek king Menelaus and the Trojan prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East and West. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Age of Heroes; the focus of a cult that conflated Helen the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess; the home-wrecker of the Iliad; the bitch-whore of Greek tragedy; the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on a flesh-and-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age, cultural and social historian Hughes reconstructs the context of her life. Through the eyes of a young Mycenaean princess, Hughes examines the physical, historical, and cultural traces that Helen has left on locations in Greece, North Africa, and Asia Minor.--From publisher description