Orhan Pamuk
At its height in the sixteenth century the formidable Ottoman Empire spanned three continentes, stretching from Hungary to the Persian Gulf and from North Africa to the Caucasus. Many of the key events of Europen history were played out against its backdrop as revealed in this compelling narretive history of its six turbulent centuries.
"In an age when a working knowledge of Islam is no longer a refinement but a necessity Caroline Finkel's magnificent survey should be required reading"
William Dalrymple
"Splendidly written.. the most authoritative narrative history of the empire yet published"
Literary Review
The 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 often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of World War I. In this magisterial work-the first definitive account written for the general reader-renowned scholar and journalist Caroline Finkel lucidly recounts the epic story of the Ottoman Empire from its origins in the thirteenth century through its destruction in the twentieth.
Orhan Pamuk
At its height in the sixteenth century the formidable Ottoman Empire spanned three continentes, stretching from Hungary to the Persian Gulf and from North Africa to the Caucasus. Many of the key events of Europen history were played out against its backdrop as revealed in this compelling narretive history of its six turbulent centuries.
"In an age when a working knowledge of Islam is no longer a refinement but a necessity Caroline Finkel's magnificent survey should be required reading"
William Dalrymple
"Splendidly written.. the most authoritative narrative history of the empire yet published"
Literary Review
The 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 often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of World War I. In this magisterial work-the first definitive account written for the general reader-renowned scholar and journalist Caroline Finkel lucidly recounts the epic story of the Ottoman Empire from its origins in the thirteenth century through its destruction in the twentieth.
