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'For lovers of the Aegean, it is as close to being the definitive guidebook to the region as you are ever going to get.' TELEGRAPH TRAVEL
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This set contains all 20 guide books covering the islands of the Aegean by classical scholar and art historian Nigel McGilchrist. Over 6 years in the writing, and with 3428 pages in total, these books contain more than twice the amount of information that has previously been published on this subject in any language.
About the Author:
Nigel McGilchrist is an art historian who has lived, worked and taught in the Mediterranean area for over thirty years. He began learning ancient Greek at school at the age of eleven, and was a scholar both at Winchester College and at Merton College, Oxford. After graduating with a First from Oxford in 1978 he travelled in the Near East, and then settled in Italy where he taught at the University of Rome, worked for the Ministero dei Beni Culturali (the Italian Ministry of Arts) in the field of conservation of wall-paintings, and established the Anglo-Italian Institute in Rome to introduce British university students to the art and history of the city of Rome.
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- PublisherGenius Loci Publications
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1907859209
- ISBN 13 9781907859205
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages3400
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