City of empires :  Ottoman and British Famagusta / 
edited by Michael J.K. Walsh 
 - xxii, 196 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ;  30 cm 
<br/><br/> This volume of essays is a result of the conference "Historic Famagusta: a millenium in words and images" held in October 2012 at the Central European University, Budapest 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction : Into the silent centuries / Michael J.K. Walsh -- Famagusta in early Ottoman sources / Vera Costantini -- The re-enactment of the Siege of Famagusta at the Ottoman Imperial Circumcision Festival of 1582 : a performance that never was? / Tam©Łs Kiss -- Gascoigne's device for a masque : an anglicized "true report" of the Siege of Famagusta / William Spates -- Corsair tactics and lofty ideals : the 1607 Tuscan raid on Cyprus / Marios Hadjianastasis -- Imports from Istanbul : Ottoman exiles to Famagusta and their tombs / ©¿nver R©ơstem  -- The transformation of Famagusta after the Siege in 1571 / Ege Uluca T©ơmer -- Charles Diehl and Famagusta : from the discovery of the city to the Theatre Critic / Lucie Bonato  -- Famagusta during the Great War : from backwater to bustling / Andrekos Varnava -- Detainees in British Famagusta : refugees and ships / Danny Goldman -- Bertram John Weston and the Emergency in Famagusta (1955-1959) / Jan Asmussen -- Recent preservation initiatives for the fortifications of Famagusta / H©ơlya Y©ơceer -- Famagusta, Cyprus : a future outside the World Heritage Club / Carlos Jaramillo -- "A silent witness" : seismic activity and the structural integrity of Saint Nicholas' Cathedral, Famagusta, Cyprus : some recent investigations / Zehra ©¿a♯¿nan and Michael J.K. Walsh -- The conservation of a wall painting representing the Forty Martyrs of Sebasteon the south wall of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Famagusta / Werner Matthias Schmid 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443874632 1443874639 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Famagusta (Cyprus)--History--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Conference proceedings<br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS54.95.F35