‘Perhaps the most readable history ever written’ Time OutLords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling epic history; dramatic ― detailed and alive ― a journey, and a world all in one.The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts. For over six hundred years the Empire swelled and declined; rising from a dusty fiefdom in the foothills of Anatolia to a power which ruled over the Danube and the Euphrates with the richest court in Europe. But its decline was prodigious, protracted, and total.‘A fascinating read...a perfect companion for anyone who visits Turkey and wants to make sense of it’ The Times
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Publisher : Vintage (4 March 1999)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0099994003
ISBN-13 : 978-0099994008
Item Weight : 272 g
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #71,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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#137 in Middle Eastern History (Books)
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