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Osman's Dream by Caroline Finkel
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.56The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the... -
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel 9780465023974
Booksplease Price: £16.12The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but its history is too... -
The Evliya Celebi Way: Turkey's First Long-distance Walking and Riding Route by Caroline Finkel 9780953921898
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.85This is the guidebook to Turkey's new long-distance Cultural Route, complete with route description, map, historical background, and places to see. The route follows the Ottoman gentleman adventurer... -
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs Marc David Baer 9781473695740
Booksplease Price: £7.76Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA Sunday Times Paperback of the YearThe Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality... -
Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Suleyman by Kaya Sahin 9780197531631
RRP: £25.49Booksplease Price: £23.88A full life and times biography of Suleyman, the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Suleyman, who ruled the Ottoman Empire between 1520 and 1566, was a globally recognized figure... -
Re-Orienting the Renaissance: Cultural Exchanges with the East by G. Maclean 9781403992338
Booksplease Price: £90.83This book explores how the Renaissance entailed a global exchange of goods, skills and ideas between East and West. In chapters ranging from Ottoman history to Venetian publishing, from portraits of... -
The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem: From African Slave to Power-Broker by Jane Hathaway 9781107108295
RRP: £94.00Booksplease Price: £85.56Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem... -
The Accidental Palace: The Making of Yıldız in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul by Deniz Türker 9780271093918
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £50.41This book tells the story of Yildiz Palace in Istanbul, the last and largest imperial residential complex of the Ottoman Empire. Today, the palace is physically fragmented and has been all but erased...