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Istanbul: The Imperial City (Updated Edition) by John Freely Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-14-024461-1 / 0140244611 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-024461-8 / 9780140244618 "Surrounded by a garland of waters" on the narrow straits of the Bosporus dividing Europe and Asia, Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople, has been an unrivaled locus of cultural exchange since its beginnings as the Greek colony Byzantium. In its more than twenty-six centuries of existence the |