City of Kashmir Srinagar: A Popular History
ISBN: HB: 9781911723769, Hurst Publishers, May 2025
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 24 illus.
A vibrant tapestry of Srinagar's rich historical and cultural heritage. "City of Kashmir" offers readers a journey into the 2,000-year history of Srinagar, exploring its written history, legends and oral traditions to take a living pulse. In explo...
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Cadiz The Story of Europe's Oldest City
ISBN: HB: 9781911723615, Hurst Publishers, December 2024
324 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 60 illus.
A captivating portrait of an overlooked Andalusian gem. This is the tale of Western Europe's oldest continuously inhabited city, a 3,000-year history of war and seafaring, culture and commerce, liberalism and resistance. Helen Crisp and Jules Ste...
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25.00 GBP
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Lagos Supernatural City
ISBN: PB: 9781911723257, ISBN: HB: 9781787386945, Hurst Publishers, April 2024
324 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm
An intimate portrait of life in one of the most vibrant cities on Earth. This is a frantic, mystical journey through Africa's biggest metropolis: Lagos. Going beyond the popular images of mad traffic or crowded slums, we learn of the incredible fe...
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Crossing the Congo Over Land and Water in a Hard Place
ISBN: PB: 9781787389625, ISBN: HB: 9781849046855, Hurst Publishers, March 2023
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
In 2013, three friends set off on a journey that they had been told was impossible: the north-south crossing of the Congo River Basin, from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Juba, in South Sudan. Traversing 2,500 miles of the tough...
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Queen of the Sea A History of Lisbon
ISBN: PB: 9781849049979, Hurst Publishers, July 2018
280 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Lisbon's charm is legendary, but its vibrant 2,000-year history is not widely known, from its Roman legacy to its centuries under Moorish rule. Its journey from port town to Portugal's capital was not always smooth sailing – in 1755 the city was de...
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