In the Time of the Sultans: Urban Chronicles From 19th Century Istanbul - Paperback

Howard, Charles: - Charles Howard, a painter, researcher and archiver of Greek rebetiko music, was born in London in 1936. He has lived in Greece for over forty years and has compiled, edited, translated and annotated 22 compilations of rebetiko music for the Heritage, Rounder and JSP record labels in England and the U.S.A. In the Time of the Sultans is his first book-length translation work. He currently lives in Athens.Tzelepis, Panos N.: - The architect and writer Panos N. Tzelepis was born in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1894, the son of Nikolis Tzelepis, a renowned master builder. In 1915 the family moved to Athens, and there Tzelepis studied painting and sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, later moving on to Paris where he studied architecture at the École Spéciale d'Architecture. On his return to Athens in 1922 he first engaged in graphic design work. In the two decades that followed, Tzelepis established himself as one of the foremost representatives of modernist architecture in Greece. At the end of World War Two he moved to Paris, where besides working as an architect he also published his rst book in French in 1947, which was a study of architecture for children. He later returned to Greece in 1956, where he dedicated himself mainly to writing. Tzelepis died in Athens in 1976.