The late Hilary Sumner-Boyd was professor of humanities at Robert College, Bosphorus University. His magisterial work, The Seven Hills of Constantinople: A Study of the Byzantine and Turkish Monuments of the City, was unpublished at the time of his death in 1977 but has since been published by Bosphorus University Press.John Freely (1926-2017) was one of the most widely respected writers of travel books, histories and guides about Greece and Turkey. His works include The Grand Turk, Storm on Horseback, Children of Achilles, The Cyclades, The Ionian Islands, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Athens, Strolling through Venice and the bestselling Strolling through Istanbul (all I.B. Tauris).

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• List of Maps and PlansList of PlatesNotes on Turkish Words and SpellingTurkish SpellingAcknowledgementsPreface to the Revised EditionPreface to the First Edition1. The View from the Bridge2. From the Galata Bridge to Haghia Sophia3. Haghia Sophia4. Topkapi Sarayi5. Through the Outer Gardens of the Saray6. Around the Blue Mosque7. From Haghia Sophia to Beyazit Square8. Through the Markets and Bazaars9. Around Beyazit and Sehzadebasi10. The Süleymaniye11. From the Galata Bridge to Sehzadebasi12. Around the Mosque of the Conqueror13. The Fifth and Sixth Hills14. Kariye Camii15. Along the Golden Horn16. The Seventh Hill17. Along the Land Walls18. Up the Golden Horn to Eyüp19. Üsküdar and the Princes' Islands20. Pera and Galata21. The Lower Bosphorus' European Shore22. The Bosphorus23. A Last StrollAppendicesByzantine EmperorsOttoman SultansNotes on Byzantine Architectural FormsGlossary of Turkish Architectural TermsSinan's Extant Works in IstanbulIndexes