Moscow, Constantinople (now Istanbul), and Rome itself are vitally alive in the present and are magnets for tourists. Also going back a long way, each lives in history. These cities have their points in common, each wanting to rule the world and establish Rome of the Caesars, Constantinople of the Emperors, and Moscow of the Tsars were also the Rome of St. Peter, the Constantinople of the Patriarchs, and the Moscow of the Orthodox Metropolitans. These were cities on earth that aspired to heaven, kingdoms that succeeded each other as standard-bearers of Christianity from the fourth century on. Indeed, the Russian monk declared to the Tsar: "Two Romes have fallen, but the third stands, and a fourth shall never besh the kingdom of heaven on earth. People, recognizing this, link them together as the Three Romes. These cities differ, though, in their understanding of man's nature and business. The Three Romes are three places and also states of mind. Now, with a new introduction which describes the contemporary significance to these cities this book will be assessable to the modern reader at all levels.

Moscow; 1: Gogol 's Two Faces; 2: Tea And Blini At The Tretyakov; 3: The Swan On The Neglinnaya; Constantinople; 4: Crossing Galata Bridge; 5: Whirling Dervish By the Horn; 6: Test Match Inonu Stadium; Rome; 7: Fellini in Arcady; 8: Doney 's Sunday Morning; 9: Girl Of The Golden West