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Author : Noel Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Lords of the Golden Horn written by Noel Barber and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the history of the Ottoman Empire.
Author : Jason Goodwin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466874872
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Lords of the Horizons written by Jason Goodwin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 Since the Turks first shattered the glory of the French crusaders in 1396, the Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds. For six hundred years, the Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, in three centuries it advanced from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at the Empire's height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched its aid. For the next three hundred years the Empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. Early in the twentieth century it fell. In this dazzling evocation of its power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In the process he unfolds a sequence of mysteries, triumphs, treasures, and terrors unknown to most American readers. This was a place where pillows spoke and birds were fed in the snow; where time itself unfolded at a different rate and clocks were banned; where sounds were different, and even the hyacinths too strong to sniff. Dramatic and passionate, comic and gruesome, Lords of the Horizons is a history, a travel book, and a vision of a lost world all in one.
Author : Jason Goodwin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312420673
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
Download or read book On Foot to the Golden Horn written by Jason Goodwin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter 2003
Author : Ted Byfield
Publisher : CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT
ISBN 13 : 9780986939600
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (396 download)
Download or read book We the People written by Ted Byfield and published by CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ted Byfield
Publisher : CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT
ISBN 13 : 9780968987391
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (873 download)
Download or read book A Century of Giants, A.D. 1500 to 1600 written by Ted Byfield and published by CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT. This book was released on 2010 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christians is the history of Christianity, told chronologically, epoch by epoch, century by century, beginning at Pentecost and concluding with Christians as we find ourselves in the twenty-first century. It will consist of approximately twelve volumes, produced over a 10-year period at the beginning of the third Christian millennium. It is written and edited by Christians for Christians of all denominations. Its purpose is to tell the story of the Christian family, so that we may be knowledgeable of our origins, may well know and wisely profit from the experiences of our past both good and bad, and may find strength and inspiration to face the challenges of our era from the magnificent examples set for us by those who went before. - Back cover.
Author : R.L. Pool
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1489712739
Total Pages : 699 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Catlorian Ii written by R.L. Pool and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first moves in the battle for Tael have been made and the Savonel is once again whole. Now, innocents are being enslaved and powerful artifacts that could be used to devastating effect were being sought by the agents of the evil one. Men and women of strength, valor and conscience must place themselves willingly between the innocents and those agents. These must also remove those same artifacts from the hand of the evil master, Lord Banshee. Morgan DeVilleforte, a skilled mercenary of honor, is one of those adventurers determined to do whatever is necessary to defend the innocent. She and a group of diverse adventurers now chase evil across the face of Catlor to bring justice and vengeance. The great Lord Commander Dekion DeLough embarks on a mission of mercy with Lilith the Sorceress, a rogue daku bent on defending those who cannot defend themselves and bringing about an end to the enmity of her race to all others. She also seeks two powerful artifacts to keep them from the hands of evil. Other brave souls Mages, clerics, mercenaries and rangers join them down dangerous paths in order to free, protect and deliver those from forced captivity to the light of the sun of Tael. Catlorian II: Temples continues the exploits of men and women of valor bent on thwarting Lord Banshee in his one-minded pursuit of vengeance against an entire world.
Author : Noel Barber
Publisher : New York : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Sultans written by Noel Barber and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1973 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of this vast, astonishing and brilliantly readable work of history is the bizarre story of the Ottoman Empire, seen through the lives and actions of its sultans, with their absolute power and terrifying cruelty, their love of pomp and magnificence and their overwhelming venality and corruption. The author describes the men, the events, the daily life, the strange customs of Turkey's court, from her emergence as a great power in the sixteenth century to the death of Kemal Ataturk, who overthrew the Sultanate to establish a new and more modern form of tyranny. This book is a unique and fascinating record of four centuries of glory, debauchery, splendor and cruelty. --from inside jacket flap.
Author : Salo Wittmayer Baron
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231088558
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (885 download)
Download or read book A Social and Religious History of the Jews: Late Middle Ages and the era of European expansion, 1200-1650 written by Salo Wittmayer Baron and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1952 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George H. Junne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857728938
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire written by George H. Junne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chief Black Eunuch, appointed personally by the Sultan, had both the ear of the leader of a vast Islamic Empire and held power over a network of spies and informers, including eunuchs and slaves throughout Constantinople and beyond. The story of these remarkable individuals, who rose from difficult beginnings to become amongst the most powerful people in the Ottoman Empire, is rarely told. George Junne places their stories in the context of the wider history of African slavery, and places them at the centre of Ottoman history. The Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire marks a new direction in the study of courtly politics and power in Constantinople.
Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571290582
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book Lord of the Flies written by William Golding and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.
Author : Mike Dash
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307560821
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Tulipomania written by Mike Dash and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted—and beautiful—commodity in Europe. In the 1630s, visitors to the prosperous trading cities of the Netherlands couldn't help but notice that thousands of normally sober, hardworking Dutch citizens were caught up in an extraordinary frenzy of buying and selling. The object of this unprecedented speculation was the tulip, a delicate and exotic Eastern import that had bewitched horticulturists, noblemen, and tavern owners alike. For almost a year rare bulbs changed hands for incredible and ever-increasing sums, until single flowers were being sold for more than the cost of a house. Historians would come to call it tulipomania. It was the first futures market in history, and like so many of the ones that would follow, it crashed spectacularly, plunging speculators and investors into economic ruin and despair. This colorful cast of characters includes Turkish sultans, Yugoslav soldiers, French botanists, and Dutch tavern keepers—all centuries apart historically and worlds apart culturally, but with one thing in common: tulipomania.
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Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857861018
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)
Download or read book Revelation written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Author : Claudia Gold
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784292354
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Women Who Ruled written by Claudia Gold and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Poisoners', 'whores', 'witches' and 'murderers' - or so their enemies claimed. From Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, to the villainous Catherine de Medici and her flying squadron, to England's 'Gloriana' Elizabeth I, and the modern phenomenon of female prime ministers - Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher and Benazir Bhutto - Claudia Gold looks at three and a half thousand years of history to examine the lives of fifty of the world's most exceptional rulers - all of them women. Each biographical profile sets its subject clearly in the culture and context of its time, enabling the author not only to tell the stories of these 50 astonishing women, but also to provide a fascinating and informative alternative social history.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Reports from Committees written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jason Goodwin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571267491
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book The Janissary Tree written by Jason Goodwin and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yashim is no ordinary detective. It's not that he's particularly brave. Or that he cooks so well, or reads French novels. Not even that his best friend is the Ambassador from Poland, whose country has vanished from the map. Yashim is a eunuch. As the Sultan plans a series of radical reforms to his empire, a concubine is strangled in the palace harem. And a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city's crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Brilliantly evoking Istanbul in the 1830s, The Ottoman Detective is a fast-paced literary thriller with a spectacular cast, from mystic orders and lissom archivists to soup-makers and a seductive ambassador's wife. Darker than any of these is the mysterious figure who controls the Sultan's harem.
Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Complete Works of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
