Here is the bizarre history of the Ottoman Empire as led by its extravagant and corrupt sultans--four hundred years of tyrants who made Turkey a great empire, then allowed her to decline into ostentatious and impotent decay.
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Author:Barber, NoelSummary: -
Author:Park, JacquelineSummary:Set in sixteenth-century Istanbul during the illustrious Ottoman Empire, The Legacy of Grazia dei Rossi chronicles the fate of Grazia's son, Danilo, and his forbidden love affair with Princess Saida, the Sultan's beloved daughter. Judah...
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Author:HomerSummary:The Iliad is an epic Greek poem written by philosopher Homer, and is considered one of the oldest pieces of western literature still in existence. The story takes place during the last weeks of the ten year Trojan War, with a focus on...
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Author:Rich, RobertaSummary:The Imperial Harem, Constantinople, 1579. Hannah and Isaac Levi, Venetians in exile, have set up a new life for themselves in Constantinople. Isaac runs a newly established business in the growing silk trade, while Hannah, the best...
- Author:Michels, Georg B.Summary:
During the seventeenth century Hungary's diverse population of peasants, townsmen, soldiers, and county nobles rose up against the violent imposition of the Counter-Reformation, the Habsburg military occupation, and exhorbitant war...
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Author:Ibrahim, RaymondSummary:The West and Islam have clashed since the mid-seventh century. Raymond Ibrahim chronicles these decisive battles, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636.
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Author:Park, Jacqueline, Reid, GilbertSummary:April, 1536. Danilo del Medigo arrives incognito in Venice from Istanbul, with two assassins from Suleiman the Magnificent’s court hot on his trail. Western civilization is in crisis. Jews and “New Christians” — people whose families...
- Author:Abouzeid, RaniaSummary:
An extraordinary true account of the enormous tragedy of the Syrian civil conflict. Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been...
- Author:Livaneli, ZülfüSummary:
Based on the real-life sinking of a refugee ship during World War II, an elderly professor leaves America to revisit the city where he last glimpsed his beloved wife.
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Author:Burk, RachelleSummary:In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey. He received no formal education and spent his childhood days in his father's shop, where he developed the curiosity to create and draw. He...
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Author:Leddy, Mary JoSummary:Our Friendly Local Terrorist tells the story of the fourteen-year struggle of Suleyman Goven, a Kurd accused by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service of being a terrorist. Mary Jo Leddy was "accidentally" present at...
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Author:Bogosian, EricSummary:In 1921 a small group of self-appointed patriots set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide. Eric Bogosian casts fresh light on one of the great crimes of the twentieth century and one of history...
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Author:ANTHONY, Hubert LawrenceSummary:"An extraordinary insight into the war experiences of a very young man, and the relationship between a son and his mother, during the horrors of Galipoli and its aftermath ... Sapper Hubert Anthony was seventeen when he enlisted in...
- Author:CATRAN, KenSummary:
For seventeen-year-old Harry and his girlfriend Jessica, World War One is a crusade against the Hun. Harry enlists and is sent to Gallipoli, and Jessica leaves school and trains as a nurse. Their letters start out innocently but they...
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Author:Boudjikanian, RaffySummary:Powerful accounts by genocide survivors, a journalist seeking to bear witness to their pain. Darfuri refugee camps in Chad, Kigali in Rwanda, and the ruins of ancient villages in Turkey — all visited by genocide, all still reeling in...
- Author:Marillier, JulietSummary:
FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact-a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her...
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Author:De Bernir̈es, LouisSummary:During the finals days of the Ottoman Empire, the young men of the village are instructed to battle the invading forces during the Great War and destroy the peace.
- Author:Cline, Eric H.Summary:
George Washington University professor, Eric Cline examines the real history of Troy and delves into archaeological discoveries. Through his analysis of known data, Cline provides a fuller, richer understanding of this historic clash....
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Author:Golden, ChristopherSummary:After mountain climbers discover an ancient, buried ship on Mount Ararat, a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, where they find an ugly, misshapen cadaver with horns. A massive blizzard blows in,...
- Author:Morgenthau, HenrySummary:
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important primary historical resource for the study of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the...
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