Lords of the horizons
Subtitle: a history of the Ottoman Empire
By: Jason Goodwin
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780805040814
Subjects: History
Description: A history of the Ottoman Turks, founders of an empire lasting 600 years and stretching from the Persian Gulf to Hungary, to Algeria. The author describes the harems, the artistic and technological achievements--the cannon was first used by them in the siege of Constantinople--and the religious tolerance to which he attributes the empire's longevity.
Notes: "A John Macrae book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-[342]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Map of the Ottoman Empire --; title: Prologue --; title: Curves and Arabesques --; title: Origins --; title: The Balkans --; title: Thunderbolt --; title: The Siege --; title: The Centre --; title: The Palace --; title: War --; title: Suleyman the Magnificent --; title: Order --; title: Cities --; title: The Sea --; title: Rhythms --; title: The Turkish Time --; title: The Turkish Time --; title: Stalemate --; title: The Cage --; title: The Spiral --; title: The Empire --; title: Hoards --; title: Hoards --; title: Koprulu and Vienna --; title: Austria and Russia --; title: Ayan --; title: Shamming --; title: Borderlands --; title: The Auspicious Event --; title: The Bankrupt --; title: Epilogue --; title: Ottoman Sultans --; title: An Ottoman Chronology.