"Clearly written, well-structured, and fixing on illuminating and arresting details about events, places, and participants, the book packs a lot into a compact format . . . [An] excellent, needed, and rewarding publication."--"Small Press. Line drawings & maps.[...]
"A Traveller's History of Cyprus" offers a complete and authoritative history of the island's past and also touches on the sensitive present-day issues for both sides of the island. Although Cyprus is a relatively small island, its position in the East Mediterranean has always given it strategic imp[...]
Useful for visitors and students, this is a concise history, which contains a chronology of major events. It also includes historical maps and an A-Z gazetteer.[...]