De Amicis, Edmondo 1846-1908 creator Lansdale, Maria Hornor 1860- text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople_(De_Amicis_book) Release date is 2016-04-10 Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 -- Travel -- Turkey -- Istanbul DR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51728 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51728 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134206.0 51728