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Signed by the author on the front page. “Land famous in all ages…the rosy realm Venus, the romantic Kingdom of the Crusades” – DISRAELI “Three years after this book was first published in 1957, the political status of Cyprus was changes from that of a British Crown Colony to independence as a Republic within the Commonwealth. The opportunity of a second edition has been taken to amend throughout and to rewrite the last chapter in the light of the settlement reached in Zurich and London in February 1959 and of its inhappy aftermath.” – Note to the Second Edition