On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul

On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul

by JasonGoodwin (Author)

Synopsis

This is the story of Jason Goodwin's trek through Eastern Europe, from the dykes and marshes of Poland's Baltic coast across to the Golden Horn in Istanbul. In the company of two friends he traversed some of the most beautiful and tragic places in the world - this book tells of them and of the varied characters to be met there.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 27 Feb 2003

ISBN 10: 0141006773
ISBN 13: 9780141006772
Book Overview: This title was the winner of the 1993 Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize . Jason Goodwin is also the author of The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels through India and China in Search of Tea and Lords of the Horizon: A History of the Ottoman Empire .

Author Bio
Jason Goodwin is a historian, journalist and travel writer. He is the author of THE GUNPOWDER GARDENS: TRAVELS THROUGH INDIA AND CHINA IN SEARCH OF TEA and LORDS OF THE HORIZON: A HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. GREENBACK, his history of the American dollar, is being published by Hamish Hamilton in February 2003.