Journey Into Cyprus by Colin Thubron
 

Colin Thubron walks through the landscape, culture and history of Cyprus. Along the way he reflects on the economic, social and political life of the Mediterranean island. Cyprus has been dominated by the Cult of Aphrodite, Romans, Frankish knights, Venetians, Ottoman Turks and the British. The Greek language and its Orthodox Church remain, as do the expatriates and the enduring culture. And for over thirty years there has been partition, itself a product of the history that Colin Thubron explores.

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