Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
by Bettany Hughes
A historic journey through one of the the world’s most pivotal cities. We caught up with award-winning historian Bettany Hughes when she was chair of the 2019 Man Booker international Prize to talk about the best fiction in translation.
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It is well worth spending a day of your life listening to TV historian Bettany Hughes narrate her book about the fabulous and pivotal city of Istanbul.
Narrator: Bettany Hughes
Length: 24 hours and 35 minutes
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