The Princes' Islands

Download or read book The Princes' Islands written by Joachim Sartorius and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Off the coast of Istanbul, in the Marmara Sea, lie the Princes Islands, an archipelago of unusual natural beauty, which has long been considered the maritime suburb of the imperial capital on the Bosporus and effectively shaped by its manifold history. The poet Joachim Sartorius draws a loving portrait of the landscape and the light, the political observer Sartorius describes the microcosm, which was always a reflection of Istanbul-Constantinople-Byzantium, while the novelist Sartorius introduces us to the characters, who inhabit this time capsule.