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'This is an important book that will kindle new research and thinking on the political and literary history of the region.' --Times Literary Supplement
'This little gem of a book will provide the discerning traveller with something grossly lacking from other tourist guides: a real cultural history with which he or she can contextualise the wonderful experience that is the Ionian Islands and Epirus.' --Athens News
'An absolute charmer . . . This is writing of a very high calibre. A joy and a treasure and a valuable long-lasting addition to the literature of our region.' --Island
'This little gem of a book will provide the discerning traveller with something grossly lacking from other tourist guides: a real cultural history with which he or she can contextualise the wonderful experience that is the Ionian Islands and Epirus.' --Athens News
'An absolute charmer . . . This is writing of a very high calibre. A joy and a treasure and a valuable long-lasting addition to the literature of our region.' --Island
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Scattered off the west coast of mainland Greece are the seven Ionian Islands, celebrated for their spectacular landscapes, olive groves and classical associations. Together with the mountainous mainland region of Epirus, the combined populations of Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Kythira constitute less than a twentieth of the population of Greece, yet they have made a huge contribution to the culture of the country, before and since becoming part of the Greek state. The unsurpassed beauty of the islands and of the Pindus Mountains has stimulated the imagination of countless writers and artists from Homer to Byron, Edward Lear and the Durrells, Louis de Bèrnieres and Nicholas Gage, as well as scores of nineteenth-century travellers. Drawing a mosaic portrait of the Ionian Islands and special places of interest in Epirus, Corfu resident Jim Potts focuses on the landscapes, legends, traditions and historical events that have appealed most strongly to the imaginations of writers, residents and travellers. ODYSSEUS AND SAPPHO: the landscapes of the poets; Homer s Ithaca and Scheria; Sappho s leap; the identification of Dodona; classic ground; King Pyrrhus. THE SEVEN ISLANDS: Strategic issues; Corfu v. Kefalonia; Byron and Casanova; Empress Elizabeth of Austria; Greek writers, Solomos, Laskaratos, Theotokis and Valaoritis. TURKEY, VENICE, BRITAIN, GREECE: conflict and occupation; union and liberation; the Second World War and civil war; nationalism and identity; cultural differences.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The only book you'll need to guide you through the Eptanisos and Epirus, from the history and classical references to expert introductions to individual islands and how they have fared under foreign rule and occupations up to 'new perspectives' of our current day.
Writing of a very high calibre that brings to life the landscapes, legends, and historical events that have appealed to writers from all over the world, including Greece itself.
A sort of Kindle unplugged - everything in a single volume, made charming by an author who carries his immense learning lightly and whose gentle donnish voice is everywhere enlivened by the most wonderful apt quotes, from the Ancients up to the modern day.
Everything is perfectly pitched and, like Goldsmith with his Village Schoolmaster, one wonders about the author, "that one small head could carry all he knew" - and deliver it so palatably and with such obvious love and enjoyment.
If this one is any indication of others in the same series, the publishers are to be admired and congratulated.
Writing of a very high calibre that brings to life the landscapes, legends, and historical events that have appealed to writers from all over the world, including Greece itself.
A sort of Kindle unplugged - everything in a single volume, made charming by an author who carries his immense learning lightly and whose gentle donnish voice is everywhere enlivened by the most wonderful apt quotes, from the Ancients up to the modern day.
Everything is perfectly pitched and, like Goldsmith with his Village Schoolmaster, one wonders about the author, "that one small head could carry all he knew" - and deliver it so palatably and with such obvious love and enjoyment.
If this one is any indication of others in the same series, the publishers are to be admired and congratulated.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
ATHENS NEWS (2-8 April, 2010):
"If evidence is required that Greece can enchant, enthral and engage, then Briton Jim Potts' book is just that...a wonderful and inspiring miscellany of all things Ionian and Epirot...it makes accessible a rich cultural depository to the discerning and cultured tourist- and resident...The Ionian Islands and Epirus takes a refreshing look at the islands and mountains of western Greece...
This little gem of a book will provide the discerning traveller with something grossly lacking from other tourist guides: a real cultural history with which he or she can contextualise the wonderful experience that is the Ionian Islands and Epirus."
"If evidence is required that Greece can enchant, enthral and engage, then Briton Jim Potts' book is just that...a wonderful and inspiring miscellany of all things Ionian and Epirot...it makes accessible a rich cultural depository to the discerning and cultured tourist- and resident...The Ionian Islands and Epirus takes a refreshing look at the islands and mountains of western Greece...
This little gem of a book will provide the discerning traveller with something grossly lacking from other tourist guides: a real cultural history with which he or she can contextualise the wonderful experience that is the Ionian Islands and Epirus."
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