Black Sea [Paperback]

"A brilliant biography of place."-"Guardian"
"Must certainly be among the year's most memorable non-fiction books."-"Financial Times"

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`...beautifully written book which is part history and part travelogue'
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`Many will find it compelling'
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`While Ascherson's articulate investigation of huge historical events would be valuable at any time, his eyewitness account of how `a handful of good, brave people saved Russia' makes it a classic'
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An acclaimed, award-winning book on a fascinating subject, recently revised and updated by the author, with a brand new jacket look --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

With its vast historical canvas, this work is a meditation on Eurasian history from the earliest times to the present. Ascherson evokes the world of Herodotus and Aeshylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious fastnesses of the Christian Goths; the Tatar Khanates; the growth of Russian power across the grasslands, and the centuries of war between the Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea. The book covers events in the 20th century, such as the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist arch-enemy, striving for mastery of these shores. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Neal Ascherson was born in Edinburgh. He reported from Asia, Africa and Central Europe for the Observer, where he later began a celebrated weekly column in the Independent on Sunday. Journalist of the year in 1986, Ascherson's books include Games with Shadows, The Polish August and The King Incorporated, Black Sea was joint winner of the 1995 Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. (19940627) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.