Black Sea 101

[5326jan]

I am looking for a book that will be interesting and informative in preparation for a cruise to the black sea. I don't want a book that is strictly history, but one that includes some geography and history in story form. If anyone has suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

[altiva]

hi, I think The Black Sea: A History by Charles King would suit you best.

ISBN-13: 978-0199283941

 

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaining book, which is based on extensive research in multiple languages, Charles King investigates the myriad connections that have made the Black Sea more of a bridge than a boundary, linking religious communities, linguistic groups, empires, and later, nations and states.

It does include geography too, promise.