On the Shores of the Mediterranean (55 page)

A list of some of the interesting, useful and in some cases indispensable books which deal with the shores of the Mediterranean.
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GENERAL

Aharoni, Yohanan and Avi Yonah, Michael,
The Macmillan Bible Atlas
, London and New York, 1968.

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Mediterranean
, Leipzig, 1911.

Baker, J. N. L.,
A History of Geographical Discovery and Exploration
, London, 1931.

Beny, Roloff, Thwaite, Anthony,
et al., Odyssey: Mirror of the Mediterranean
, London, 1981.

Bradford, Ernie,
Mediterranean: Portrait of a Sea
, London, 1971.

Braudel, Fernand,
The Mediterranean in the Age of Philip II
, London, 1972/3.

Cary, M. and Wilmington, E. H.,
The Ancient Explorers
, London, 1963.

Chambers’s Encyclopaedia
, new edition, London, 1950.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
, 9th edition, Edinburgh, 1875.

Geographical Handbook Series, B. R503 (Restricted), various countries, Naval Intelligence Division, London, 1942–5.

Gibbon, Edward,
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
, London, 1776–88.

Grollenberg, Luc H.,
Shorter Atlas of the Bible
, London and Edinburgh, 1959.

Herodotus,
The Histories
, trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt, London, 1968.

Larousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology
, London, 1959.

Macaulay, Rose,
A Pleasure of Ruins
, London, 1953.

Mediterranean Pilot
, London, various volumes and dates.

Moore, W. G.,
The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Places
, London, 1971.

Murray’s Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands
, 3rd edition, London, 1890.

Newbiggin, Marion I.,
The Mediterranean Lands: An Introductory Study in Human and Historical Geography
, London, 1925.

Newby, Eric,
World Atlas of Exploration
, New York and London, 1975.

Oxford Classical Dictionary
, Oxford, 1949.

Peterson, Roger, Mountfort, Guy and Hollom, P. A. D.,
A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
, London, 1969.

Polunin, Oleg and Huxley, Anthony,
Flowers of the Mediterranean
, London, 1978.

Scullard, H. H. and Van der Heydern, A. A. M.,
Atlas of the Classical World
, London, 1959.

Semple, Ellen Churchill,
The Geography of the Mediterranean: Its Relation to Mediterranean History
, London, 1932.

Thomas Cook Continental Timetable
, ed. J. H. Price, Peterborough, monthly.

Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable
, ed. P. I. Tremlett, Peterborough, bimonthly.

The Times Atlas of the World
, comprehensive edition, London, 1973.

NAPLES

Acton, Harold,
The Bourbons of Naples (1734–1825)
, London, 1956.

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Southern Italy
, Leipzig, 1896.

Barzini, Luigi,
The Italians
, London, 1964.

Blanchard, Paul,
Blue Guide to Southern Italy
, London, 1982.

Borelli, G.,
II Presepe Napoletano
, Rome, 1970.

Burnes, John Horn,
The Gallery
, London, 1948.

de Bourcard, Francesco,
Usi e Costumi di Napoli e Contorni
, Naples, 1857.

de Crescenza, Luccano,
La Napoli di Bellavista
, Naples, 1979.

Evelyn, John,
Diary
, ed. E. S. de Beer, Oxford, 1955.

Fittipaldi, T.,
Scultura e Presepe nel Settecento a Napoli
, Naples, 1979.

Goethe, J. W.,
Italian Journey (1786–1788)
, trans. W. H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, London, 1962.

Gunn, Peter,
The Companion Guide to Southern Italy
, London, 1969.

Lewis, Norman,
Naples ‘44
, London, 1978.

Michelin,
Green Guide to Italy
, Paris, 1982.

Molajoli, B.,
La Scultura nel Presepe Napoletano del Settecento
, Naples, 1950.

Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy
, London, 1874.

Sitwell, Sacheverell,
Southern Baroque Art
, London, 1924.

VENICE, ITS LAGOON AND THE VILLAS OF THE VENETO

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Northern Italy
, Leipzig, 1913.

Honour, Hugh,
The Companion Guide to Venice
, London, 1965.

Lorenzetti, Giulio,
Venice and Its Lagoon
, trans. John Guthrie, Trieste, 1975.

Macadam, Alta,
The Blue Guide to Venice
, London, 1980.

Mazzotti, Giuseppe,
Le Ville Venete
, Treviso, 1954.

Mazzotti, Giuseppe,
Ville Venete
, Rome, 1963.

Morris, James,
Venice
, London, 1960.

Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy
, London, 1901.

Norwich, John Julius,
Venice
, London, 1977/81.

Roiter, Fulvio,
Living Venice
, text by Andre Zanzotto, Udine, 1978.

Sprigge, Sylvia,
The Lagoon of Venice: Its Islands, Life and Communications
, London, 1961.

Tiozzo, C. B. and Semenzato, C.,
La Riviera del Brenta
, Treviso, 1968.

THE CARSO AND MONTENEGRO

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Austro – Hungary, including Dalmatia and Bosnia
, Leipzig, 1905.

Cuddon, J. A.,
The Companion Guide to Jugoslavia
, London, 1968.

Venezia, Giulia,
Guida d’Italia del Touring Club Italiano
, Milan, 1934.

Vujosevic, Stanislav-Rako and Jovicivec,
Cetinje and Its Museum
, Beograd, 1972.

ALBANIA

Byron, Lord,
Letters
, ed. Leslie A. Marchand, London, 1973–81.

Foutiou, P. D.,
Ali Pasha de Ioannina: Le Lion de l’Epire
, Ioannina, 1980.

Hobhouse, John Cam, Lord Broughton,
A Journey through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia to Constantinople during the Years 1809 and 1810
, London, 1813.

Holland, Sir Henry,
Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia … during 1812 and 1813
, London, 1815.

Leake, William Martin,
Travels in Northern Greece
, London, 1935.

Lear, Edward,
Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania
…, London, 1851, reprinted 1965.

Ward, Philip,
Albania
, Cambridge, 1983.

GREECE

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Greece, the Greek Islands and an Excursion to Crete
, Leipzig, 1909.

Curzon, Robert, Baron de la Zouche,
Visits to the Monasteries in the Levant
, London, 1849.

de Jongh, Brian,
The Companion Guide to Mainland Greece
, London, 1979.

Fermor, Patrick Leigh,
Roumeli
, London, 1966.

Hachette World Guides: Greece
, Paris, 1965.

Hale, John Richard,
Famous Sea Fights from Salamis to Jutland
, London, 1939.

Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Greece
, London, 1900.

Nagel’s Encyclopaedia Guide: Greece
, Geneva, 1973.

Stevens, Alan and Westcott, W. O.,
A History of Sea Power
, New York, 1920.

Stournaras, N.,
Meteora
, Athens, n.d.

Stuart, Rossiter,
The Blue Guide to Greece
, London, 1967.

TURKEY

General

Boulanger, Robert,
Les Guides Bleus: Turquie
, Paris, 1965.

Freely, John,
The Companion Guide to Turkey
, London, 1979.

Kinglake, A. W.,
Eothen
, London, 1844.

Nagel’s Encyclopaedia Guide: Turkey
, Geneva, 1968.

Schneider, Dux,
The Traveller’s Guide to Turkey
, London, 1975.

Gallipoli

Aspinall-Oglander, C. F.,
History of the Great War: Military Operations: Gallipoli
, London, 1929–32.

Bennett, Geoffrey,
Naval Battles of the First World War
, London, 1968.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Introduction to the
Register of the Helles Memorial
, Maidenhead, 1980.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
Notes on the Cemeteries and Memorials of Gallipoli and Greece
, St Albans, 1965.

Hamilton, General Sir Ian,
Gallipoli Diary
, London, 1920.

Herbert, Aubrey,
Mons, Anzac and Kut
, London, 1919.

Moorehead, Alan,
Gallipoli
, London, 1968.

Rhodes James, Robert,
Gallipoli
, London, 1965.

Constantinople/Istanbul

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Konstantinopel und das Kleinasien
, Leipzig, 1914.

Der Amtlicher Plan des Grossen Basars in Istanbul
, Istanbul, n.d.

Gülersoy, Lelik,
Story of the Grand Bazaar
, Istanbul, 1980.

Pardoe, Julia,
The Beauties of the Bosphorus, by Miss Pardoe with Drawings by W. H. Bartlett
, London, 1839.

Pardoe, Julia,
The City of the Sultan and Domestic Manners of the Turks
, London, 1837.

Sumner-Boyd, H. and Freely, John,
Strolling Through Istanbul: A Guide to the City
, Istanbul, 1973.

Walsh, Rev. Robert,
Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Illustrated in a Series of Drawings from Nature by Thomas Allom …
, London, 1839.

The Harem

Blanch, Lesley,
The Wilder Shores of Love
, London, 1954.

Clarke, Edward Daniel,
Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa
, 4th edition, London, 1816.

Durukan, Zeynep M.,
The Harem of the Topkapi Palace
(Guide), Istanbul, 1973.

Hakluyt Society,
Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant
, London, 1893.

Haslip, Joan,
The Sultan: The Life of Abdul Hamid II
, London, 1973.

Köseoglu, Cengiz,
Harem
(Guide), Istanbul, 1979.

McCullagh, Francis,
The Fall of Abd-ul-Hamid
, London, 1910.

Miller, Dr Barnette,
Beyond the Sublime Porte
, New Haven, 1931.

Penzer, N. M.,
The Harem: An Account of the Institution as it Existed in the Palace of the Turkish Sultans with a History of the Grand Seraglio from its Foundation to Modern Times
, London, 1965.

Turkey in Asia

Arrian,
The Campaigns of Alexander
, trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt, London, 1971.

Bean, George E.,
Aegean Turkey
, London, 1966.

Bean, George E.,
Lycian Turkey
, London, 1968.

Bean, George E.,
Turkey Beyond the Maeander
, London, 1971.

Bean, George E.,
Turkey’s Southern Shores
, London, 1968.

Black, David, Loveless, Clive,
et al., The Undiscovered Kelim
, London, 1977.

Carne, John,
Syria, The Holy Land and Asia Minor Illustrated in a Series of One Hundred and Twenty Views Drawn from Nature by W. H. Bartlett, William Purser and Thomas Allom
, London and Paris, 1842.

Clarke, Edward Daniel,
Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa
, 4th edition, London, 1816.

Cook, Professor John Manuel,
The Troad
, Oxford, 1973.

Denham, H. M.,
Southern Turkey, the Levant and Cyprus
, London, 1973.

Homer,
The Iliad
, trans. E. V. Rieu, London, 1950.

Petsopoulos, Yanni,
Kilims: The Art of Tapestry Weaving in Anatolia, the Caucasus and Persia
, London, 1982.

Thompson, Jon,
Carpet Magic: The Art of Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia
, London, 1983.

ISRAEL, SYRIA AND LEBANON

Baedeker, Karl,
Baedeker’s Palestine and Syria, with Routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia and the Island of Cyprus
, Leipzig, 1912.

Boulanger, Robert,
Hachette World Guides: The Middle East
, Paris, 1966.

Carne, John,
Syria, The Holy Land and Asia Minor
…, London and Paris, 1842.

Cohen, Israel,
Jewish Life in Modern Times
, London, 1914.

Cohen, Israel,
Travels in Jewry
, London, 1952.