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Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
拜占庭：三城记
西蒙·塞巴格·蒙特菲奥里（Simon Sebag Montefiore）描绘了伊斯坦布尔从异教徒贸易站到三个帝国和两个宗教的首都的崛起的过程，不仅成为圣城，而且成为世界上最令人垂涎的城市。
Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at Istanbul's Greek roots, its transformation into the capital of a Christian empire and reveals how clashes forced eastern and western churches apart.
Simon Sebag Montefiore explores modern Istanbul in search of the last centuries of Christian Byzantium, when the once glorious city was buffeted by enemies from both east and west.
Visiting the great mosques and palaces built by the Ottoman emperors, Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at how Istanbul became the imperial capital and Islam's most powerful city.
