De Amicis, Edmondo 1846-1908 creator Lansdale, Maria Hornor 1860- text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Constantinople, v. 2 (of 2)" by Edmondo De Amicis is a non-fiction travelogue published in 1877. This vivid account captures the essence of Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire, the city now known as Istanbul. De Amicis guides readers through the bustling streets and landmarks with such eloquence that Umberto Eco called it the most cinematic description of the city. Praised by Orhan Pamuk as the best nineteenth-century book about Istanbul, this work shaped European perceptions of the Orient for generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople_(De_Amicis_book) Release date is 2016-06-06 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/52251 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52251 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134214.0 52251