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The result of five years of fresh research by author Nigel McGilchrist, and detailed editing by Michael Metcalfe and Heinrich Hall, this is the first full Blue Guide treatment of all the Greek Aegean islands in a single volume.

(And Nigel McGilchrist has published the full manuscript that he wrote for this book in twenty volumes as ‘McGilchrist’s Greek Islands’, an invaluable resource.)

All new first edition, all India in one volume.  The result of four years’ work by Delhi-based Sam Miller, head of the BBC Trust in India.

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The author’s Facebook page is here with quizzes, comments and questions answered.

Fully updated new edition to this ever-more-popular destination.

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Short and literary guide to Venice’s Lido, in the Blue Guides’ new Travel Monographs series.

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Entertaining anthologies of writing–extracts from novels, letter, diaries, poems, histories, guide books–about or set in the destination.  Lively introductions to each excerpt make them a pleasure to browse, a mine of fascinating insights to enjoy at home or to supplement a guide book on site.

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Historian Charles Freeman’s beautifully-illustrated account of the evolution of the Classical World follows its development, mainly around the shores of the Mediterranean but with sites from as far afield as the sands of Syria and icy northern Britain.

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The most comprehensive guide to the eternal city, repository of many of the most famous works of art in the world.

Is this Roman? If so, what date? See comment “lapidary fragment” below.

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Tuscany, with Florence its capital and a host of gorgeous medieval cities set in a rolling countryside of fields, vineyards and olive groves, is the cradle of the Renaissance and for many visitors the cultural heart of Italy. This guide amply covers Florence (itself the subject of a whole Blue Guide) but also gives extensive coverage to the other major Tuscan cities - Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Cortona, Arezzo. Ideal for the Florence-based visitor making day-trips to the surroundings, or for a tour of the whole of Tuscany. Includes Blue Guides Recommended short lists of hotels and restaurants.