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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""
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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