Cyprus An Island Apart

Cyprus An Island Apart
A Personal Experience

Seamus MacHugh

€13.00

Product ID: RP-1-0001
Status: Available

Illustrator: Georgios Kepola
Format: 210 x 140 mm
Page: 296
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Rimal Publications, Cyprus
Year: 1999
ISBN 10: 9963-610-14-5
ISBN 13: 978-9963-610-14-3

ABOUT THIS BOOK

"Cyprus proves once more to be an inspirational island as MacHugh’s book celebrates its history, people and beauty."

Paul Stewart - Sunjet Magazine

"..this book fits nicely next to Laurence Durrell’s Bitter Lemons
and Colin Thubron’s Journey into Cyprus."

Sunday Star Times

Cyprus: An Island Apart is an account of the personal experiences of the author as he travelled here and there throughout Cyprus over a three-year period. He visited all the places of major cultural and historical interest on the island, north and south and, in sometimes light, sometimes serious vein, he describes what he saw. With equal warmth, joy and perception, he tells of the ruins, the monasteries, the old castles, the big towns and little villages, the Byzantine churches and ancient temples and, as well, of course, of the people he met along the way. He also attempts to explain briefly the political impasse that exists today. Always in his journeys the author takes with him the discerning and curious visitor who has limited time to spend in the country, or who alternatively wants to mix a couple of weeks beach holiday with a modest and selective tour of the major places of interest on the island.

Table of Contents:

1. In & Around Nicosia
2. Rollercoaster Rule
3. Perspectives from a Fifth Storey Window
4. Down and About in Nicosia
5. Taking the Bus to Kimakli
6. Inside a Greek Orthodox Church
7.   A Walk Around Laiki Gitonia
8.   Lost on the Road to Agia Anna
9.   Makheras – Monastery and Cave
10. Fikardou – A Village Restored
11. In & Around Larnaka
12. Larnaka and Lazarus
13. Of fine Lace and Old Stones
14. Stavrovouni –The Oldest Monastery
15. Agia Napa – Our Lady of the Forest
16. Pyla – Village on Show
17. Northern Cyprus
18. Crossing the Line in a Borrowed Car
19. Salamis – Ozymandias of Cities
20. Over the Hills of Kyrenia
21. Bellapais Monastery – Most evocative ruin
22. St Hilarion Monastery to Castle
23. Nicosia – the Other Side
24. Famagusta – City Sunken in the Sand
25. Vouni – Palace on the Hill
26. In & Around Limassol
27. Limassol – City of Dionysus
28. Kolossi – Crusader Castle
29. The Limestone City of Kourion
30. Paphos & Akamas
31. Paphos – World Heritage Area
32. Akamas – the Last Homeric Landscape
33. A Day in the Troodos Mountains
34. Kykkos – the Most Famous Monastery
35. Other Mountain Churches and Villages
36. Who are the Cypriots?

Spotlight Reviews

SUNDAY STAR TIMES - Cyprus An Island Apart

SUNJET MAGAZINE - Review by Paul Stewart

CYPRUS WEEKLY - A Book Apart, a review by John Vickers

HERMES CYPRUS - The Cyprus Connection

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Seamus MacHugh was born in Ireland, completed university studies both there and in Italy, and worked for nine years as an educational administrator in Tanzania, East Africa, where he met his American wife Sandra. They have three children.
In 1993 MacHugh visited nine countries and subsequently wrote Half Way Round the World in 180 Days. In 1995, Sandra found a job at an international school in Cyprus, providing the opportunity for Seamus to write another book. Seamus MacHugh died in 2006.

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