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Inside the Seraglio
Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul
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Artikel-Nr:
9781784535353
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
304
Autor:
John Freely
Gewicht:
289 g
Format:
202x175x22 mm
Serie:
International Library of Historical Studies
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
John Freely (1926-2017) was born in New York and joined the US Navy at the age of seventeen, serving with a commando unit in Burma and China during the last years of World War II. He has lived in New York, Boston, London, Athens and Istanbul and has written over thirty travel books and guides, most of them about Greece and Turkey.
This is the story of the House of Osman, the imperial dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for more than seven centuries, an empire that once stretched from central Europe to North Africa and from Persia to the Adriatic. The capital of this empire was Istanbul, ancient Byzantium, a city that stands astride Europe and Asia on the Bosphorus. And it was in the great palace of Topkapi Sarayi that the sultans of this empire ruled. Inside the Seraglio a classic of Ottoman history takes us behind the gilded doors of the Topkapi and into the heart of the palace: the harem, where the sultan would surround himself with his wives, concubines, eunuchs, pages, dwarfs and mutes and where all the tempestuous events of empire were so often played out. This is the history of a remarkable palace in all its colour and opulence and the story of its influence on a great empire.
The classic story of the opulent Ottoman palace, with a new introduction by the author
Introduction to the New EditionAcknowledgementsPrefaceTurkish Spelling and PronunciationMaps1 The House of Osman2 Mehmet the Conqueror3 The House of Felicity4 Suleyman the Magnificent5 The Sultanate of Women6 An Organ for the Sultan7 Regicide8 The Procession of the Guilds9 Three Mad Sultans10 The Hunter Caged11 A Cage for Princes12 Tulip Time13 Murder in the Music Room14 The Auspicious Event15 On the Shores of the Bosphorus16 The Year of the Three Sultans17 Imprisoned Sultans18 The Fall of the House of Osman19 The Gathering Place of the JinnsGlossaryOttoman Sultans (The House of Osman)Genealogy of the SultansMothers of the SultansBibliography