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Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City
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'''''Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City''''' is a non-fiction book by [[Philip Mansel]], published by [[I.B.Tauris]] in 2016. It concerns [[Aleppo]] and how it changed from a more prosperous and cosmopolitan city to a war-torn environment.
==Contents==
A history of Aleppo from 1516 to the book's publication time takes up the initial 25% while the other portions of the book are travel writing from various time periods,<ref name=Marozzi>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> with many accounts written by people from the [[Western world]].<ref name=Shafak>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Reception==
Justin Marozzi of ''[[The Spectator]]'' wrote that the author "goes about his business in a style at once accomplished, entertaining and idiosyncratic."<ref name=Marozzi/> Marozzi concluded that the "Elegant and [[:wikt:elegiac|elegiac]]" book "is a precious monument to a once-splendid city that has been reduced to abject ruin and misery."<ref name=Marozzi/>
Elif Shafak of the ''[[Financial Times]]'' wrote that the author has a genuine passion for Aleppo and "offers a unique perspective on the cultures around the Mediterranean."<ref name=Shafak/> Shafak concluded that it is "an eloquently written book that at times reads like an elegy to Aleppo's bazaars, embracing worldview and cultural diversity."<ref name=Shafak/>
==References==
==External link==
* [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]: [https://ift.tt/2JZmK0o UK link] and [https://ift.tt/2V0GO9b US link]
[[Category:2016 books]]
[[Category:Aleppo]]
[[Category:Books about Syria]]
April 12, 2020 at 02:30AM
