{"product_id":"lords-of-the-horizons-a-history-of-the-ottoman-empire-paperback","title":"Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Goodwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A work of dazzling beauty...the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the Turks first shattered the glory of the French crusaders in 1396, the Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds. For six hundred years, the Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, in three centuries it advanced from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at the Empire's height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched its aid. For the next three hundred years the Empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. Early in the twentieth century it fell. In this dazzling evocation of its power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In the process he unfolds a sequence of mysteries, triumphs, treasures, and terrors unknown to most American readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis was a place where pillows spoke and birds were fed in the snow; where time itself unfolded at a different rate and clocks were banned; where sounds were different, and even the hyacinths too strong to sniff. Dramatic and passionate, comic and gruesome, \u003ci\u003e Lords of the Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e is a history, a travel book, and a vision of a lost world all in one.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJASON GOODWIN\u003c\/b\u003e is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first five books--\u003ci\u003eThe Janissary Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Snake Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bellini Card\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Evil Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baklava Club\u003c\/i\u003e--have been published to international acclaim, alongside \u003ci\u003eYashim Cooks Istanbul\u003c\/i\u003e, a cookbook of Ottoman Turkish recipes inspired by the series. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author of \u003ci\u003eLords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, among other award-winning nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45315098247270,"sku":"9780312420666","price":34.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bkFmWWMvQU0zR3UwNzluaWpobkM1dz09.webp?v=1774360162","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/lords-of-the-horizons-a-history-of-the-ottoman-empire-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}