The definitive history of the Ottoman Empire
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.
Caroline Finkelhas lived in Istanbul for many years and traveled widely in Turkey and the former Ottoman lands. She has a doctorate in Ottoman history from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Osman's Dreamis her third book. She currently divides her time between Istanbul and London. Caroline Finkel effortlessly conveys the high dramaof Ottoman history.
Orhan Pamuk Magnificent.... Forperhaps the first time in English, a genuine Ottoman scholar has written aclear narrative account of the great empire based mainly on Turkish rather thanhostile western accounts. The result is not only a revelation; it is a vital correctiveto the influential but partial and wrong-headed readings of the flagbearers ofintellectual Islamophobia.
William Dalrymple,
The Scotsman Finkel has managed to produce a scholarly,lucid, judicious and enjoyable account of over 600 years of history in a singlevolume, which will surely be the standard work of its kind for many years tocome.
Times Literary Supplement An absorbing, monumental story of one of the mostreviled and misunderstood of all empires.... Osman's Dream is a marvelous achievement.
BBC History Magazine How timely to have such a lucid, well-researched, andfal#´
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