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The Telegraph | “For lovers of the Aegean, it is as close to being the definitive guidebook to the region as you are ever going to get.” Daily Telegraph | |
The Economist | “… delightful, well-observed, literary accompaniments to the Greek islands, by a British scholar.” The Economist, | |
Sunday Herald | “So evocative and informative, one hardly needs to go… Lovely…” | |
TLS | “There has never been a Greek islands guide like this one.” | |
Minerva | “Anyone who likes to explore the environment, history, and culture of the planet will instantly recognise the value of these books… [the] passion is endearing, and the accessible style in which the series is written makes them addictive…” | |
The Journal of Classics Teaching | “Clear explanations, combining fine detail with acute observation, intelligent interpretation and well-judged speculation provide a model for how the best can be got out of a complex site… For the committed investigator, these are essential buys.” Peter Jones, | |
Barnaby Rogerson | a “remarkable achievement – a complete, island by island, 3,000 page survey of all the historical monuments in the Aegean…” Barnaby Rogerson, | |
World Archaeology | “a real strength of these books lies in their descriptions of the Medieval and post-Medieval islands…. McGilchrist is at his best describing the ambience… in Naxos where there are more than 130 Byzantine churches…” Andrew Selkirk, | |
Paul Hetherington, author | “… can only be praised, and will set a standard that has to be permanently recognised and valued.” Paul Hetherington, | |
Prof. Jon Stallworthy, Wolfson College, Oxford | “Wonderful… superbly structured; immense learning elegantly, unobtrusively offered; and outstandingly well written” Prof. Jon Stallworthy, | |
Charles Arnold, author | “A work of astonishing scope, quality and insight.” Charles Arnold, |