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Book SynopsisWhen Brian de Jongh's two classic Companion Guides, Southern Greece and Mainland Greece, were first published they were greeted with acclaim and immediately established themselves as essential guides. They have now been combined into this single volume, covering the whole of the Greek mainland. This new edition has been thoroughly revised by John Gandon (Brian de Jongh's nephew) and Geoffrey Graham-Bell, taking into account both new archaeological discoveries and recent development. Brian de Jongh combined an expert knowledge of history, archaeology and mythology with a profound understanding of the Greek people and a feeling for the landscape which inspired their myths and monuments: he describes a country that he loved and much of which Pausanias, writing almost two thousand years ago, would still recognise. This book is, more than ever, the most indispensable of all modern guides toGreece.
Trade ReviewEssential reading for anyone planning a journey to Greece. * COUNTRY LIFE *
Dotted throughout with rich and informative disquisitions... at once warm, humane and dry in the best sense. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *
It is difficult to think of a writer of guides today with whom to compare de Jongh in his far-reaching familiarity with Greece. To our knowledge, this is the best guide to Mainland Greece in English. * ATHENIAN *
Table of ContentsAthens - the Acropolis; - the city of Theseus; - the city of Hadrian; Attica; Boeotia; the Parnassus country; Delphi; eastern Roumeli; Thessaly - the plain; - the Pelion villages; - the Meteora monasteries; the approach to Macedonia; Thessaloniki - the second city; western Macedonia - the lowlands and the highlands; the Halkidiki; Mount Athos - a traveller's journal; eastern Macedonia; the Thracian plains; the approach to the Peloponnese; the Argolid - the Homeric plain; - the periphery; the Arcadian scene; Sparta; medieval cities; the Mani; Messenia; Olympia; Frankish Elis and the Achaean coast; the approaches to the west; western Roumeli; the Ambracian gulf; Epirus.
