De Amicis, Edmondo,  1846-1908 <br/><br/>
Constantinople, v. 1 (of 2) 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople_(De_Amicis_book)  Release date is 2016-04-10 
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<br/><br/> "Constantinople, v. 1 (of 2)" by Edmondo De Amicis is a travelogue published in 1877. This vivid account captures Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire, offering European readers a detailed portrait of the exotic city now known as Istanbul. De Amicis's observations shaped Western imagination of the Orient for generations. Praised by Orhan Pamuk as the best nineteenth-century book about Istanbul and by Umberto Eco for its cinematic descriptions, this work remains a compelling Victorian-era journey through one of history's most fascinating cities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 -- Travel -- Turkey -- Istanbul 
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