| Description |
xxix, 322 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
World's last day : the fall of the Byzantine empire -- At the gate of bliss : the shaping of Ottoman power -- Strangled with a silken cord : the constraints of Ottomanism -- Auspicious event : the extirpation of the Jannissaries -- Stamboul, the city : western images of the Ottomans -- Dreams from the rose pavilion : the meandering path of reform -- Lustful Turk -- Terrible Turk. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 289-307. |
| Subject |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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| Indexed Term |
Ottoman Empire History |
| ISBN |
0670844128: £18.99 Formerly CIP |
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