1st Edition

The Three Romes Moscow, Constantinople, and Rome

By Russell Fraser Copyright 2009
335 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Moscow, Constantinople (now Istanbul), and Rome itself are vitally alive in the present and are magnets for tourists. Also going back a long way, each lives in history. These cities have their points in common, each wanting to rule the world and establish Rome of the Caesars, Constantinople of the Emperors, and Moscow of the Tsars were also the Rome of St. Peter, the Constantinople of the... Read more
Moscow; 1: Gogol ’s Two Faces; 2: Tea And Blini At The Tretyakov; 3: The Swan On The Neglinnaya; Constantinople; 4: Crossing Galata Bridge; 5: Whirling Dervish By the Horn; 6: Test Match Inonu Stadium; Rome; 7: Fellini in Arcady; 8: Doney ’s Sunday Morning; 9: Girl Of The Golden West

Biography

Francis R. Nicosia