The Imperial Gate - Softcover

R. Kandiyoti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9944880914 ISBN 13: 9789944880916

Publisher: Turkiye Is Bankasi, 2007

Synopsis

Our story begins in the autumn of 1654, some two years after the death of the Elder Queen. It was a time when Cromwell governed England as Lord Protector, Cardinal Mazarin held sway over the fortunes of France in the name of King Louis XIII and in India, Prince Aurangzeb plotted the overthrow of his father Shah Jahan, whilst the silvery land of China was unhappily settling into the long dusk of Manchurian rule. At the Imperial Ottoman Palace, Turhan Sultan ruled supreme as undisputed Queen Mother and her son Mehmet IV, the emperor, was nearly fourteen years of age. But did mother and son choose the wrong man for the office of Grand Vezier?

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About the Author

R. Kandiyoti was born in Istanbul in 1942. He has successively served on the academic staffs of the Middle East Technical University, Bogazici University and Imperial College London, where he is presently a Professor of Chemical Engineering. His publications include Solid Fuels and Heavy Hydrocarbon Liquids: Thermal Characterization and Analysis and Pipelines: Oil Flows and Crude Politics. The Imperial Gate is a product of his long standing interest in Ottoman History.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turkiye Is Bankasi
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9944880914
• ISBN 13: 9789944880916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 409