READING GUIDE
The Ottoman Empire
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Jason Goodwin
Lords of the Horizons
TKY44 | 2003 | 351 pages | PAPER
Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with
scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the
outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the
600-year-old Ottoman Empire.
$20.00
Andrew Wheatcroft
The Enemy at the Gate, Habsburgs, Ottomans, and
the Battle for Europe
AST103 | 2010 | 384 pages | PAPER
Wheatcroft (The Habsburgs) recreates the grand
ambition, vainglorious personalities and drama of the
Siege of Vienna in 1683 by the Ottoman Turks in this
richly detailed history.
$19.99
Andrew Wheatcroft
The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire
AST11 | 1995 | 384 pages | PAPER
With skillful scholarship and engaging style,
Wheatcroft reveals the history of this family of
eccentric monarchs.
$18.00
Godfrey Goodwin
A History of Ottoman Architecture
TKY39 | 2003 | 512 pages | PAPER
With 500 black-and-white illustrations and 81 site
plans, Goodwin's definitive, illustrated architectural
companion, organized chronologically, covers
buildings of importance throughout Turkey.
$39.95
Roger Crowley
Empires of the Sea
MED146 | 2009 | 336 pages | PAPER
Crowley vividly reconstructs the epic clash between
the Ottoman Empire and Christendom for the control
of the Mediterranean -- and the soul of 16th-century
Europe -- in this thrilling account of dramatic battles
and brutality, rival faiths and larger-than-life
personalities.
$18.00
David MacAulay
Mosque
TKY89 | 2003 | 96 pages | PAPER
Written and illustrated by the award-winning
MacAulay, this so-called children’s book is just as
engaging for the parents with richly detailed
illustrations of the art, architecture, design and
construction of a 16th-century Turkish mosque.
Informative and educational text accompanies the
lavish pictures.
$9.95
David Fromkin
A Peace to End All Peace
ARB13 | 2009 | 688 pages | PAPER
Indispensable to understanding current tensions,
alliances and the colonial legacy of the region,
Fromkin's vivid tale of the fall of the Ottoman Empire
and the making of the modern Middle East is out in a
20th anniversary edition.
$24.00
Diarmuid Jeffreys
The Ottoman Empire
MED156 | 2008 | 1 pages | MAP
This full color map shows the full extent of the
Ottoman Empire at its zenith in the 17th century.
$12.95
David Nicolle
Armies of the Ottoman Turks, 1300-1774
TKY101 | 1985 | 48 pages | PAPER
Nicolle's little book neatly summarizes the military
history of the Ottoman Turks. It's a well-illustrated
introduction to Ottoman uniforms, tactics and history in
the Men-at-Arms series.
$17.95
Bernard Lewis
Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman
Empire
TKY17 | 1989 | 187 pages | PAPER
In this slim volume the great Islamic scholar describes
the invasion of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks
on May 29, 1453, evoking the city at this pivotal
moment in its long history.
$24.95
Caroline Finkel
Osman's Dream, The History of the Ottoman
Empire
EUR200 | 2007 | 688 pages | PAPER
An ambitious, scholarly history of an 600-year empire
that, at its height, streteched from Central Asia to the
Levant, Danube and North Africa.
$22.99
Steven Runciman
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
TKY76 | 2012 | 256 pages | PAPER
A classic, wonderfully written history of the fall of
Constantinople in 1453 and its consequences.
Runciman, a noted British scholar, draws on many
sources, both Greek and Muslim, in tracing this fateful
time in the history of the city. Originally published in
1965.
$16.99
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Edward N. Luttwak
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
TKY218 | 2011 | 498 pages | PAPER
Luttwak examines how the Byzantine Empire greatly
outlasted the Roman Empire by adapting to changing
circumstances, devising new ways of coping with
enemies and relying more on persuasion than military
strength. This interpretive account of Byzantine
strategy, intelligence and diplomacy will appeal to
scholars, classicists, military history buffs and soldiers.
$26.50
Paula Sutter Fichtner
The Habsburgs, Dynasty, Culture and Politics
CEU51 | 2014 | 288 pages | HARD COVER
A concise chronicle of the 600-year Habsburg Empire,
essential for those interested in European history.
Fichtner reveals how the dynasty used propaganda,
political maneuvering and public performance to
maintain control over an array of cultures and
ethnicities.
$39.00
Lord Kinross
The Ottoman Centuries
ITL54 | 1988 | 638 pages | PAPER
A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman
Empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of
the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and
photos.
$18.99
Justin McCarthy
The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to
1923
TKY36 | 1997 | 424 pages | PAPER
A vivid overview of the history, customs and traditions
of Ottoman Turkey, complete with maps and
illustrations.
$90.33
Ivo Andric, Lovette F. Edwards (Translator)
The Bridge on the Drina
BLK59 | 1977 | 318 pages | PAPER
These linked stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author
capture the history and complexity of Christian and
Muslim relations during Ottoman occupation. Hewn of
stone, the bridge dividing the town of Visegrad was
Andric's inspiration.
$15.00
Jason Goodwin
The Janissary Tree
TKY125 | 2007 | 336 pages | PAPER
With beautiful descriptions of Istanbul and its palaces,
this engaging and bizarre historical mystery will keep
you reading. The Ottoman Empire mysteries continue
with The Snake Stone (TKY156, $14.00) and The
Bellini Card (TKY191, $25.00), set in 1840s Venice.
$17.00
Barbara Nadel
The Ottoman Cage
TKY158 | 2007 | 320 pages | PAPER
The second book in Nadel's Inspector Ikmen series,
rich in descriptions of daily life in contemporary
Istanbul.
$14.95
Ismail Kadare
The Siege
BLK136 | 2010 | 336 pages | PAPER
Kadare's poweful novel dramatizes the siege on a
Christian fortress in the mountains of Albania by the
Ottoman army -- a bloody, complex struggle peopled
with memorable characters.
$15.00
Irfan Orga
Portrait of a Turkish Family
TKY83 | 2003 | 332 pages | PAPER
This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years
surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor
of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire.
Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward, filling in
biographical details.
$37.00
Barry Unsworth
Land of Marvels
IRQ25 | 2009 | 304 pages | PAPER
Unsworth has written a powerful, relevant thriller in
which one archaeologist, excavating an Assyrian
palace, must navigate the scramble for influence and
oil in 1914 Mesopotamia.
$19.95
Jason Goodwin
The Bellini Card
TKY191 | 2010 | 304 pages | PAPER
In this third installment in the Edgar Award-winning
series, Inspector Yashim travels to Venice in pursuit of
dangerous art thief.
$20.00
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