Philip Mansel

Philip Mansel is a historian specializing in French history and the Ottoman Empire. He has written about Constantinople, 19th-century Paris, as well as biographies. He contributes to publications such as the "Art Newspaper," "Times Literary Supplement," and "The Spectator." "Levant" was written during his stays in Beirut and Constantinople. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society, the Institute of Historical Research, and the council of the research center at Chateau de Versailles.