The author is an old Istanbul hand who has seen it change over the years from a provincial backwater to today's vibrant metropolis. With Tillinghast as a guide through Istanbul's caf??s, mosques and palaces, and along its streets and waterways, readers will feel at home both in the Constantinople of bygone days and on the streets of the modern town.
Author Biography
In 2008 Richard published Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture, winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award for Travel Essays. He has received grants from the Irish Arts Council, the British Council, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, was awarded the Amy Lowell Travelling Fellowship from Harvard, the Cleanth Brooks Prize for creative non-fiction, and is a 2010-11 Guggenheim Fellow.
