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Hagia Sophia: A History Kindle Edition

by Richard Winston (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Hagia Sophia is more than 1,400 years old. It was a Christian Church, then a Muslim mosque, and is now a museum. Here, from National Book Award winner Richard Winston, is the extraordinary story of one of the world's great architectural treasures and its everchanging role in the history of Constantinople.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071P37GV2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Word City, Inc.; 1st edition (May 17, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 17, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3138 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 90 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 124 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Marvin Sowers
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020
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This book tells the story about the Hagia Sophia from its originals until "yesterday". (I say yesterday because the current Turkish government is considering changing it back from a museum to a mosque.) I visited Hagia Sofia a few years back but didn't know much about it. After reading this informative book I will have to go back!
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Victor L
4.0 out of 5 stars If you bring some prior knowledge of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires to the book you will be satisfied with the information the book supplies
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017
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Exactly as titled, this is the history of the building. If you bring some prior knowledge of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires to the book you will be satisfied with the information the book supplies. I started the book some time ago and then went back to it after I read a few histories, All worth it.
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John
3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent For History, Poor For Art
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2017
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Imagine writing a book on the history of the Mona Lisa and trying to describe the painting in words without pictures. The history of the Byzantine Era and subsequent Muslim Era is excellent, drawing on ancient Byzantine written sources as well as Gibbon. However, the fact that there are no images, neither paintings, nor drawings, nor photographs is a serious flaw to the reader since these are available and are essential for appreciation of this magnificent building.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2017
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A part of history i knew nothing about. Interesting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Summary
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2021
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Very well summarized
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2017
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Great history read.
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Phillip Long
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read before visiting the Hagia Sofia.
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018
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Not as detailed as I wanted, but a better than the average tourist book.He does a fine job on the historical background, not enough on the details of the building itself I read the Kindle version, which did not have any illustrations / photographs.
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Boying Sangalang
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dryly Written
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2017
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I have attempted to read textbooks with more life in them!!
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strider
5.0 out of 5 stars Open religion
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2018
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The pictures of Christ next to Islamic statements is wonderful, the history of this building is fascinating and its history continues into the future.
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John O.
5.0 out of 5 stars History as it should be written and read
Reviewed in Australia on December 8, 2018
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Easy read of a long history.
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marjoriebundy
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in Australia on February 13, 2018
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A bit much
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