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The Island Everyone Wanted: An illustrated history of Cyprus By Marina Christofides Independently published Paperback (48 pages) List Price: $15.00* Lowest New Price: $15.00* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: A fun journey through the colourful history of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, one of the oldest civilisations of the world. Kids and grown-ups alike will love the beautiful full page illustrations which awaken the imagination with scenes from daily life through the ages. From the hut dwellers of Chirokitia, to ancient Greek city-kingdoms, sunken trading ships, exquisite Roman mosaics, royal weddings and brutal wars, the events that shaped the island are vividly brought to life. The easy to read text teaches interesting facts, such as that Cyprus was once at the bottom of the sea, that it gave its name to copper and not the other way round, that Mark Anthony gave the island to Cleopatra as a token of his love, that for three hundred years its rulers all spoke French, and that it was the first country in the world from where malaria was eradicated. Spot the ancient figurine hidden on almost every page as it travels through time.

Hostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger By Christopher Hitchens Verso Released: 1997-09-17 Paperback (192 pages) List Price: $19.00* Lowest New Price: $121.45* Lowest Used Price: $40.80* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: In a compelling study of great-power misconduct, Christopher Hitchens examines the events leading up to the partition of Cyprus and its legacy. He argues that the intervention of four major foreign powers, Turkey, Greece, Britain and the United States, turned a local dispute into a major disaster. In a new preface for this 1997 edition, Hitchens reviews the implications of the Republic of Cyprus’s applications for European union membership, the escalating regional arms race between Greece and Turkey, and last year’s Greek Cypriot protests along the partition border.

Cyprus History, and Ancient Period: The Republic of Cyprus, Society, Ethnicity, Economy, Government, Politics By Henry Albinson Released: 2016-03-04 Kindle Edition (172 pages)   Product Description: The history of Cyprus, also read about Cyprus economy, Cyprus government and politics, Cyprus culture, Cyprus tourism and more The republic of Cyprus was established in 1960, after the former colony gained independence from Britain. Since 1974, however, a de facto division of the island has existed, with the Greek Cypriot community controlling 63 percent of the territory, and the Turkish Cypriots, backed by Turkish army units, 37 percent. The scene of constant anticolonial and intercommunal strife since the mid-1950s, Cyprus assumed an importance out of proportion to its size and population because of its strategic location and its impact on the national interests of other nations. The island's location in the eastern Mediterranean Sea has made it easily accessible from Europe, Asia, and Africa since the earliest days of ships. Its timber and mineral resources made it important as a source of trade goods in the ancient world, but attracted conquerors, pirates, and adventurers in addition to merchants and settlers. About the middle of the second millennium B.C. Cyprus was subjected to foreign domination for the first time, and from then until 1960, almost without interruption, outside powers controlled the island and its people

The Last Crusader Kingdom: Dawn of a Dynasty in Twelfth-Century Cyprus By Helena P. Schrader Wheatmark Paperback (412 pages) List Price: $18.95* Lowest New Price: $18.95* Lowest Used Price: $15.00* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: BRAG Medallion Honoree FINALIST, Book Excellence Award for HISTORICAL FICTION 2018 John d'Ibelin, son of the legendary Balian, will one day defy the most powerful monarch on earth. But first he must survive his apprenticeship as squire to a man determined to build a kingdom on an island ravaged by rebellion. The Greek insurgents have already driven the Knights Templar from the island, and now stand poised to destroy Richard the Lionheart's legacy to the Holy Land: a crusader foothold on the island of Cyprus.

A Concise History of Modern Cyprus: 1878-2009 (Peleus) By Heinz A Richter Brand: Harrassowitz Verlag Hardcover (290 pages) List Price: $49.00* Lowest New Price: $32.67* Lowest Used Price: $32.70* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: This volume addresses itself to readers interested in Cyprus who want to learn more than what can be found in guidebooks or perhaps in newspapers but do not have the time to delve into the history of this island. It covers the era from 1878 when Cyprus became British to 1977 when Makarios signed the so-called High Level Agreement, dying shortly later. But in order to help the reader to a better understanding of the development from then to the present this concise history contains a short overview of developments after 1977. This is by no means a dry handbook of Cypriot history. The aim is an easy-reading, fascinating text satisfying all scholarly standards.

The Traitors' Club: A Memoir By Marina Christofides CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Paperback (218 pages) List Price: $12.00* Lowest New Price: $12.00* Lowest Used Price: $4.85* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Through playful banter over coffee in an Ottoman courtyard in the divided capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, a group of friends from both sides of the divide share their moving, funny yet sometimes harrowing experiences, as over the course of their lives they went through an anticolonial struggle, internecine fighting, war, partition and endless, ineffective peace negotiations, in what has become known as ‘the Cyprus problem’. They are traitors because they are friends who see themselves as Cypriots, rather than Greeks or Turks, and because they have a goal that the rest of their compatriots don’t seem to share – to live together as one people.

A Traveller's History Of Cyprus By Timothy Boatswain Brand: Interlink Books Paperback (231 pages) List Price: $14.95* Lowest New Price: $6.00* Lowest Used Price: $1.05* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: Over two million visitors a year visit Cyprus and this new Traveller's History retells the complete story of the island's past and also touches on the sensitive present day issues for both sides of the island. As always the retelling of the island's story will help visitors understand its present situation and guide them to the heritage sites. The book includes historical maps, a Gazetteer, and a Chronology.

Lusignan's Chorography and Brief General History of the Island of Cyprus (A.D. 1573) (Sources for the History of Cyprus) By Stephen de Lusignan Greece and Cyprus Research Center Paperback (249 pages) List Price: $25.00* Lowest New Price: $21.00* Lowest Used Price: $38.82* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here

Cyprus: A Modern History By William Mallinson Brand: I. B. Tauris Released: 2008-12-15 Paperback (264 pages) List Price: $26.95* Lowest New Price: $16.73* Lowest Used Price: $2.15* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:02 Pacific 7 Sep 2019 More Info) Click Here Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: In the troubled island of Cyprus, the national interests and rivalries of Greece and Turkey still collide, the population remains divided between the Greek and Turkish communities and the country is still a cat's paw of outside powers - especially the USA and the now resurgent Russia - as it has been since the acquisition of the island by Britain in 1878. These are problems that have been brought into sharp focus by Cyprus' entry into the European Union. William Mallinson's book is a fast-moving and incisive narrative history which portrays Cyprus as a continuing source of international tension in the Mediterranean and beyond. It features the latest source material from the recently released National Archive, vivid interviews with key players, even reports which raise awkward and embarrassing questions. His critical eye uncovers the underlying story of American and British involvement in the island's affairs, first as a key territory in Cold War politics with its close proximity to the Middle East and Asia and now as a key asset in the 'war on terror'.