Constantinople FD25 'IT MOVED ME DEEPLY' LIV

'IT MOVED ME DEEPLY' LIV LITTLE'DEEPLY POIGNANT' HARPERS BAZAAR'GORGEOUS' RAVEN LEILANITHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN'It will make you laugh

It opens with a brief history of afternoon tea traditions and etiquette

from the now vanished archipelago 'somewhere between China and Polynesia'

and tempting boutiques and restaurants

and healthier life In The Forever Dog

Constantinople FD25 'IT MOVED ME DEEPLY' LIVPhilip Mansel's highly acclaimed history of Constantinople (formerly known as Byzantium) absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital the city of the world's desire and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning an Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last Caliph hurriedly left on the Orient Express. For almost five centuries