Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul (Tauris Parke Paperbacks) - Softcover

Freely, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784535354 ISBN 13: 9781784535353

Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2016

Synopsis

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.

This edition features a new Preface by [Freely].

About this title

Book Description

The story of the House of Osman, the imperial dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for more than seven centuries.

About the Author

John Freely (1926 - 2017) was born in New York and joined the US Navy at the age of seventeen, serving during the last two years of World War II. He had a PhD in physics from New York University and did post-doctoral studies in the history of science at Oxford. He was for many years professor of physics at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, where he taught physics and the history of science. He wrote more than forty books, including Light from the East: How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped Shape the Western World (I.B.Tauris, 2010), The Grand Turk, Storm on Horseback, Children of Achilles, The Cyclades,The Ionian Islands (all I.B.Tauris), Crete, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Athens, Strolling through Venice and the bestselling Strolling through Istanbul (all Tauris Parke Paperbacks).

About this edition

• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784535354
• ISBN 13: 9781784535353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384