Lords of the Horizons by Jason Goodwin
For six hundred years, the Ottoman Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, it advanced in three centuries from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at its height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched the empire's aid. In its last three hundred years the empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. In this striking evocation of the empire's power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In doing so, he also offers a long look back to the origins of problems that plague present-day Kosovars and Serbs.
Goodwin, Jason: - Jason Goodwin is the Edgar Award winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first four books The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, and An Evil Eye have been published to international acclaim. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other award-winning nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805040814 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805040811 |
| Title | Lords of the Horizons |
| Author | Jason Goodwin |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt & Company |
| Year published | 1999-04-12 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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