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JOHN GREEN recommends a history of the Black Sea peninsula, situated at a crossroads between Europe and Asia
Crimea

The Crimea - a History
Neil Kent, Hurst, £16.99

 

THIS fascinating history through the ages is essential reading for all those wishing to understand the background to the present conflict in Ukraine. In this ongoing war between Ukraine as a Nato proxy and Russia, the Crimea has played a key role. 

It shapes the headlines much as it did some 160 years ago, when the Crimean War pitted Britain, France and Turkey against tsarist Russia. Yet few books have been published on the history of this peninsula. For many readers, Crimea seems as remote today as it was when colonised by the ancient Greeks.

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