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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 |
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| The Economist | “… delightful, well-observed, literary accompaniments to the Greek islands, by a British scholar.”
The Economist, |
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| Sunday Herald |
“So evocative and informative, one hardly needs to go… Lovely…” |
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| TLS |
“There has never been a Greek islands guide like this one.” |
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| 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…” |
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| 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, |
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| Barnaby Rogerson | a “remarkable achievement – a complete, island by island, 3,000 page survey of all the historical monuments in the Aegean…”
Barnaby Rogerson, |
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| 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, |
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| Paul Hetherington, author |
“… can only be praised, and will set a standard that has to be permanently recognised and valued.”
Paul Hetherington, |
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| Prof. Jon Stallworthy, Wolfson College, Oxford |
“Wonderful… superbly structured; immense learning elegantly, unobtrusively offered; and outstandingly well written”
Prof. Jon Stallworthy, |
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| Charles Arnold, author |
“A work of astonishing scope, quality and insight.”
Charles Arnold, |