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A rich evocation of the lost world of the Ottoman Empire traces the rise of the Turks, showing their early world dominance, which touched Europe, Africa, and India, and exploring the Empire's long degeneration and fall. 15,000 first printing.

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"A work of dazzling beauty...the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"A meditation on a vanished world that hovers like an apparition over today's grim headlines." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Jason Goodwin's deftly written and beguiling history of the Ottoman Empire is particularly pertinent today, when the cauldron of ancient hatred once more boils over, but his prose would be welcome at any time."
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"May be read with pleasure and profit by everyone, not least the traveler headed east of Vienna and west of Baghdad."--"The Wall Street Journal"
"A delightfully picaresque history, brimming with memorable anecdotes and outrageous personalities." --"Kirkus Reviews"

A work of dazzling beauty...the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing. "The New York Times Book Review"

A meditation on a vanished world that hovers like an apparition over today's grim headlines. "The New York Times Book Review"

Jason Goodwin's deftly written and beguiling history of the Ottoman Empire is particularly pertinent today, when the cauldron of ancient hatred once more boils over, but his prose would be welcome at any time. "The Boston Globe"

May be read with pleasure and profit by everyone, not least the traveler headed east of Vienna and west of Baghdad. "The Wall Street Journal"

A delightfully picaresque history, brimming with memorable anecdotes and outrageous personalities. "Kirkus Reviews""

A work of dazzling beauty...the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing. The New York Times Book Review

A meditation on a vanished world that hovers like an apparition over today's grim headlines. The New York Times Book Review

Jason Goodwin's deftly written and beguiling history of the Ottoman Empire is particularly pertinent today, when the cauldron of ancient hatred once more boils over, but his prose would be welcome at any time. The Boston Globe

May be read with pleasure and profit by everyone, not least the traveler headed east of Vienna and west of Baghdad. The Wall Street Journal

A delightfully picaresque history, brimming with memorable anecdotes and outrageous personalities. Kirkus Reviews

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"A work of dazzling beauty...the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing." --The New York Times Book Review

"A meditation on a vanished world that hovers like an apparition over today's grim headlines." --The New York Times Book Review

"Jason Goodwin's deftly written and beguiling history of the Ottoman Empire is particularly pertinent today, when the cauldron of ancient hatred once more boils over, but his prose would be welcome at any time." --The Boston Globe

"May be read with pleasure and profit by everyone, not least the traveler headed east of Vienna and west of Baghdad." --The Wall Street Journal

"A delightfully picaresque history, brimming with memorable anecdotes and outrageous personalities." --Kirkus Reviews

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Love it or hate it - this is the book that changed my life! So if you'd like to know more about it - or about The Janissary Tree, my new thriller set in Ottoman Istanbul - you might want to take a look at jasongoodwin.net.

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  • PublisherHenry Holt & Co
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0805040811
  • ISBN 13 9780805040814
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages351
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