Author:Neal Ascherson
Black Seais a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea.
Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious Christian Goths; the Tatar Khanates; the growth of Russian power across the grasslands, and the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea. He examines the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, both striving for mastery of these endlessly colourful and complex shores, and investigates the turbulent history of modern Ukraine.
WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR
'A brilliant biography of place' Guardian
'Every page is freighted with rich and fascinating detail' Independent
A brilliant biography of place. The complex social, ethnic and extraordinary ecological histories of this region - combined with vivid anecdotes and encounters - provide the background for stimulating reflections
—— GuardianMust certainly be among the year's most memorable non-fiction books
—— Financial TimesA scholarly desktop travel through lost worlds
—— The TimesA genuinely compelling book: erudite, original, beautifully written
—— Literary ReviewSattin has written a brilliantly assured experiment in biography, a triumph of the historical imagination. Convincingly researched, informed by an unobtrusive first-hand knowledge of Egyptian places, compellingly skilful in the writing, the whole story is illuminated by Anthony Sattin's delicately perceptive sense of character in action.
—— Literary ReviewRemarkable
—— ScotsmanSattin's account is authoritative, thoroughly researched and pacy . . . this book is a treat.
—— Time OutElegant and absorbing, A Winter On The Nile sheds fresh light upon two titans of the age
—— Tim Butcher, author of BLOOD RIVERBeguiling and impressively researched ... A compelling snapshot of two of the most celebrated figures of the age, before their fame, and of a time when travel was leisurely and scholarly. And it sings with the romance of Egypt
—— Traveller MagazineIf this doesn't win a major book prize, I will eat my sola topi ... Beautifully counterpoints the spiritual travel experiences of the soon-to-be-famous nurse fleeing an arranged marriage, with the much more lubricious ones of the then-unpublished novelist.
—— Giles Foden , Conde Nast TravellerIn 1849, Florence Nightingale and author Gustave Flaubert visited Egypt. Anthony Sattin's book recreates the transformative steps towards fame these two took as they simultaneously travelled around Egypt
—— BBC Lonely Planet magazineA fascinating biography
—— Lesley McDowell , HeraldThis book is excellent
—— Andrew Holgate , Sunday TimesThis dramatic biography recreates her tragic life and the turbulent times in which she lived...Nemirovsky is one of those rare writers whose life is every bit as interesting as her work
—— Simon Shaw , Mail on SundayThis is a scholarly biography of a literary paragon... It is saturated with her writings, revealing her passions, hubris, moods and anxieties, as well as her thoughts of fiction, Jewishness and mothers... Russian social history, anti-Semitism and the Vichy regime's collusion with the Nazis are handled adroitly
—— Maggie Armstrong , Irish TimesAn epic novel... The suspense lasts until the final pages. There is no let-up. At the end of the book, you really feel that even though Sashenka is a fictional character, she has become one of the thousands of real people who haunt the Moscow archives that Montefiore knows so well
—— SUNDAY EXPRESS
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