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Lords of the Horizons
Jason Goodwin
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Description for Lords of the Horizons
Paperback. The Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds and hearts. This book charts the history from the first campaigns to the Charge of the Light Brigade, from the Crusades to the Dardenelles, and brings to life innumerable aspects of Ottoman life. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 1HB; HBJD; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
‘Perhaps the most readable history ever written’ Time Out
Lords 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099994008
SKU
V9780099994008
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99-99
About Jason Goodwin
Jason Godwin is a historian, journalist and travel writer. He has travelled extensively in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and India; his first book, The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels through India and China in search of Tea, was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Awards, 1991, and his second, On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul, ... Read more
Reviews for Lords of the Horizons
A fascinating read... a perfect companion for anyone who visits Turkey and wants to make sense of it and those countries it once ruled'
The Times
As plush as a Turkish carpet... Godwin weaves together the threads of barbarism and civilisation with dazzling panache
Piers Brendon
Mail on Sunday
So rich, so detailed and so ... Read more
The Times
As plush as a Turkish carpet... Godwin weaves together the threads of barbarism and civilisation with dazzling panache
Piers Brendon
Mail on Sunday
So rich, so detailed and so ... Read more