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.
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
- Author:Barber, NoelSummary:
- Author:Mansfield, PeterSummary:
Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This now-classic book, fully updated to 2009, follows the historic struggles of the region over the last two hundred years, from Napoleon'...