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The Magnificent Century

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307809560
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Century written by Thomas B. Costain and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magnificent Century, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century. "Combines a love of the subject with factual history. . .a great story." —San Francisco Chronicle A History of the Plantagenets includes The Conquering Family, The Magnificent Century, The Three Edwards and The Last Plantagenets.

The Heretic Queen

Author : Magdalena Niedzwiedzka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945544439
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book The Heretic Queen written by Magdalena Niedzwiedzka and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hurrem

Author : Demet Altinyeleklioglu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947228719
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Hurrem written by Demet Altinyeleklioglu and published by . This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hürrem is the third part in a saga that became the inspiration for the creators of the 'Magnificent Century' television series. The story, full of love, power, and intrigues, follows the lives of the Sultan's court, where behind every man, even the most powerful one, stands a woman who knows how to steer him. Set at the beginning of 16th century, Aleksandra, the small daughter of Russian clergyman, is kidnapped during a barbaric attack on the village. In a remarkable twist of trust, the young girl's kidnapper becomes her savior, and they quickly establish a father-daughter bond. However, life at the Tatar giant's side isn't a good solution for a growing beauty. Soon, Aleksandra finds herself at the Crimean Khan's palace, and immediately wins Sultana Güldane's heart. The old woman predicts a great future for the Russian girl and eventually sets her out on a journey to meet her destiny. Aleksandra, sent as a gift from the Crimean Khan to the Ottoman Empire's Khan, Sultan Sulieman, ends up in the powerful ruler's harem. There, the Russian odalisque takes on the name Ruslana, and waits weeks to meet the Sultan. Her dream is not only to win Sulieman's heart but also for power and to rule. Suleiman eventually becomes infatuated with the red-headed odalisque, and renames her Hürrem - and so begins the story of a woman who refused to be stopped in her desire for power, and to be remembered forever.

Suleiman the Magnificent

Author : Andre Clot
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 0863568033
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Suleiman the Magnificent written by Andre Clot and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suleiman the Magnificent, most glorious of the Ottoman sultans, kept Europe atremble for nearly half a century. In a few years he led his army as far as the gates of Vienna, made himself master of the Mediterranean and established his court in Baghdad. Faced with this redoubtable champion, who regarded it as his duty to extend the boundaries of Islam farther and farther, the Christian world struggled to unite against him. 'The Shadow of God on Earth', but also an expert politician and all-powerful despot, Suleiman ruled the state firmly with the help of his viziers. He extended the borders of the empire beyond what any of the Ottoman sultans had achieved, yet it is primarily as a lawgiver that he is remembered in Turkish history. His empire held dominion over three continents populated by more than thirty million inhabitants, among whom nearly all of the races and religions of mankind were represented. Prospering under a well-directed, authoritarian economy, Suleiman's reign marked the apogee of Ottoman power. City and country alike experienced unprecedented economic and demographic growth. Istanbul was the largest city in the world, enjoying a remarkable renaissance of arts and letters; a mighty capital, it was the seat of the Seraglio and dark intrigue.

The Magnificent Century

Author : Thomas Bertram Costain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Century written by Thomas Bertram Costain and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ottoman Centuries

Author : Lord Kinross
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688080936
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Ottoman Centuries written by Lord Kinross and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1979-08-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ottoman Empire began in 1300 under the almost legendary Osman I, reached its apogee in the sixteenth century under Suleiman the Magnificent, whose forces threatened the gates of Vienna, and gradually diminished thereafter until Mehmed VI was sent into exile by Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk). In this definitive history of the Ottoman Empire, Lord Kinross, painstaking historian and superb writer, never loses sight of the larger issues, economic, political, and social. At the same time he delineates his characters with obvious zest, displaying them in all their extravagance, audacity and, sometimes, ruthlessness.

Empress of the East

Author : Leslie Peirce
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465093094
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Empress of the East written by Leslie Peirce and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "fascinating . . . lively" story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empire (New York Times). In Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by slave traders from her Ruthenian homeland and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in Istanbul. Suleyman became besotted with her and foreswore all other concubines. Then, in an unprecedented step, he freed her and married her. The bold and canny Roxelana soon became a shrewd diplomat and philanthropist, who helped Suleyman keep pace with a changing world in which women, from Isabella of Hungary to Catherine de Medici, increasingly held the reins of power. Until now Roxelana has been seen as a seductress who brought ruin to the empire, but in Empress of the East, Peirce reveals the true history of an elusive figure who transformed the Ottoman harem into an institution of imperial rule.

The Magnificent Century

Author : Thomas Bertram Costain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Century written by Thomas Bertram Costain and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lion House

Author : Christopher de Bellaigue
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374720452
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Lion House written by Christopher de Bellaigue and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Christopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era of Suleyman the Magnificent unfolds.” —Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him: the Greek slave who becomes his Grand Vizier, the Venetian jewel dealer who acts as his go-between, the Russian consort who becomes his most beloved wife. Within a decade and a half, Suleyman held dominion over twenty-five million souls, from Baghdad to the walls of Vienna, and with the help of his brilliant pirate commander, Barbarossa, placed more Christians than ever before or since under Muslim rule. And yet the real drama takes place in close-up: in small rooms and whispered conversations, behind the curtain of power, where the sultan sleeps head-to-toe with his best friend and eats from wooden spoons with his baby boy. In The Lion House, Christopher de Bellaigue tells the story not just of rival superpowers in an existential duel, nor of one of the most consequential lives in human history, but of what it means to live in a time when a few men get to decide the fate of the world.

The Three Edwards: The Pageant of England

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Three Edwards: The Pageant of England written by Thomas B. Costain and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience a riveting journey through the tumultuous reigns of three Edwards who shaped the destiny of England in 'The Three Edwards' by Thomas B. Costain in this history book. Delve into a narrative spanning the years from 1272 to 1377, a period of transformation and turmoil. Witness the rise of Edward I, a visionary king who propelled England into a new era. Uncover the tragic reign of Edward II, overshadowed by personal struggles and political unrest. Finally, bask in the glory and violence of Edward III's rule, as he leads England through triumph and war. Immerse yourself in the politics, wars, and captivating dramas of this pivotal era in British history.

Fantastic Beasts of the Nineteenth Century

Author : Anton Seder
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486824780
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Fantastic Beasts of the Nineteenth Century written by Anton Seder and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fanciful creatures slither, swim, and soar through this full-color adaptation of a rare 19th-century German portfolio. The colorful images include exotic birds and fishes, dramatic reptiles and amphibians, and scores of ferocious dragons.

Fall of Giants

Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101543558
Total Pages : 1010 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Fall of Giants written by Ken Follett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .

The Conquering Family

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307809544
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Conquering Family written by Thomas B. Costain and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas B. Costain's four-volume history of the Plantagenets begins with THE CONQUERING FAMILY and the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, closing with the reign of John in 1216. The troubled period after the Norman Conquest, when the foundations of government were hammered out between monarch and people, comes to life through Costain's storytelling skill and historical imagination.

God's Shadow

Author : Alan Mikhail
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571331920
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book God's Shadow written by Alan Mikhail and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the aid of his extraordinarily gifted mother, Gülbahar, hugely expanded the empire, propelling it onto the world stage. Aware of centuries of European suppression of Islamic history, Alan Mikhail centers Selim's Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus's voyages - which originated, in fact, as a Catholic jihad that would come to view Native Americans as somehow "Moorish" - the Protestant Reformation, the transatlantic slave trade, and the dramatic Ottoman seizure of the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on previously unexamined sources and written in gripping detail, Mikhail's groundbreaking account vividly recaptures Selim's life and world. An historical masterwork, God's Shadow radically reshapes our understanding of a world we thought we knew.A leading historian of his generation, Alan Mikhail, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the past through his previous three prize-winning books on the history of Middle East.

Why is it famous ?

Author : Vincent Brocvieille
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782711871322
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Why is it famous ? written by Vincent Brocvieille and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Imperial Harem

Author : Leslie P. Peirce
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195086775
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Imperial Harem written by Leslie P. Peirce and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented political power of the Ottoman imperial harem in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is widely viewed as illegitimate and corrupting. This book examines the sources of royal women's power and assesses the reactions of contemporaries, which ranged from loyal devotion to armed opposition. By examining political action in the context of household networks, Leslie Peirce demonstrates that female power was a logical, indeed an intended, consequence of political structures. Royal women were custodians of sovereign power, training their sons in its use and exercising it directly as regents when necessary. Furthermore, they played central roles in the public culture of sovereignty--royal ceremonial, monumental building, and patronage of artistic production. The Imperial Harem argues that the exercise of political power was tied to definitions of sexuality. Within the dynasty, the hierarchy of female power, like the hierarchy of male power, reflected the broader society's control for social control of the sexually active.

Perfume

Author : Lizzie Ostrom
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681772892
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Perfume written by Lizzie Ostrom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Lizzie Ostrom on an olfactory adventure as she explores the trends and crazes that have shaped the way we’ve spritzed. One hundred perfumes and scents in all their fragrant glory reveal a fascinating social history of the past century. From the belle epoque through the swinging sixties, to the naughty nineties and beyond, Ostrom brings intelligence and wit to this most ravishing of subjects.There was the patriotic impact of English Lavender during World War I and perfumes that captured the Egyptomania of the 1920s. Estee Lauder created "Youth Dew" and with it, distilled the essence of 1950's suburbia. Patchouli oil—the "anti-perfume" of the 1960s—was sure to keep money out of the hands of corporations and "the man." And who could forget the fervor created by the grunge androgyny of CK One? Scent is truly the passport to memory, making Perfume both a lush treat and an insightful examination of the twentieth century through the most mysterious of the five sense.