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The Classical Review vol. 61 no. 1 © The Classical Association 2011; all rights reserved The rise of nationalism and the eventual remapping of the Mediterranean World are key features of Chapter 5. The last piece in this chapter somehow brings us up to 1945. The resurgence of colonialism, the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, as well as two devastating world wars fall within this period whose beginning is marked by Byron’s famous lines ‘The isles of Greece / Where burning Sappho loved and sang’. The strength of this chapter lies in the variety of the texts selected. An account of Toqueville’s Voyage to Algeria is followed by Schliemann’s Treasures of Troy and de Maupassant’s on an exotic brothel in Algeria. Cavafy’s Ithaca highlights the underlying unity of sources chosen for the chapter. Chapter 6 is mostly about contemporary events and ideologies in the Mediterranean World. The foundation of Israel and the unabating confl ict with the Palestinians seem to be another chapter in the turbulent history of the area. The perpetuation of the confl ict calls in question the daring concept of the global village. Excerpts from the work of Ben Gurrion, Lawrence Durrell, Orhan Pamuk and Derrida enhance the value of the book. A rich panorama of history and literature, this book will be an excellent addition to bibliographies on the diachronic consideration of countries and cultures that claim a share of this unique body of water. The book will both instruct and delight educated readers.