{"product_id":"thracian-sun-book-murat-tuncel-9783949197543","title":"The Thracian Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The Thracian Sun' is the first book in the six part series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etitled 'The Ottomans'. Orhan I, one of the founders of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOttoman State, appoints Suleiman Pasha as the army\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egeneral during his reign. The prince came to be called\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Thracian Sun due to his victorious conquests at a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyoung age and enabling passage into Thracian lands. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe meanwhile, the fight between and for the Byzantine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrone had weakened the state. Constantinople realised\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe magnitude of the approaching danger and attempted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto quash its internal struggles in preparation for attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, as it was surrounded and had no room to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emanoeuvre, it found itself in dire straits. Suleiman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePasha, who left no Byzantine castle unconquered in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumelia, died in an unfortunate hunting accident and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis brother Murad I ascended to the throne. All the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistorical characters in this novel are represented in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir individual worlds through Murat Tuncel's words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe tells the story of the passage of the last great empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom Anatolia to Thrace and the Balkans. Through his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emasterly use of epic language, Tuncel sometimes gives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evoice to a mountain, sometimes to the sun, the clouds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand also to the fears and hopes of those both inside and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoutside a beleaguered castle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon receiving the news, the feeling that his mansion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad crumbled on top of him overcame Orhan I as he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egasped for breath. He struggled out to the gardens as he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erealised that his body couldn't bear the pain he felt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween the four walls of his room. Once outside he let\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout such a yell that even Mount Olympus, leaning her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshadow over Bursa, would take two steps back in fear at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe extent of this pain. As soon as she overcame her fear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand saw that this painful scream was none other than\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe outcry of a helpless father she approached warily to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsole him with her shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49594302398737,"sku":"GOR012592445","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51273000976657,"sku":"NIN9783949197543","price":42.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/3949197540.jpg?v=1751032031","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/thracian-sun-book-murat-tuncel-9783949197543","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}